Below Are Data from the U

Essay

Below are data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Using this data, answer the following questions:
(a) In August 2009, how many people were in the labor force?
(b) In August 2012, how many people were employed?
(c) In August 2015, what was the unemployment rate?
(d) In August 2018, how many people were unemployed?
$${ \text { U.S. Data } } \\\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | c | } \hline \begin{array} { c } \text { Month and } \\\text { year }\end{array} & \text { Labor force } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Number of } \\\text { employed }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Number of } \\\text { unemployed }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Unemployment } \\\text { rate }\end{array} \\\hline \text { August 2009 } & & 139,492,000 & 14,814,000 & 9.6 \% \\\hline \text { August 2012 } & 154,762,000 & & 12,471,000 & 8.1 \% \\\hline \text { August 2015 } & 157,165,000 & 149,175,000 & 7,990,000 & \\\hline \text { August 2018 } & 161,801,000 & 155,604,000 & & 3.8 \% \\\hline\end{array}$$