D Question 1 10 pts Which of the following is counted as unemployed by the BLS? Maria, who is a full-time college student Maria's 15-year-old brother O Maria's mother who retired from the Federal government 2 years ago O None of the above D Question 2 7 pts Fill in the blanks using the number that corresponds to the correct word or phrase in the word bank below: 1. percentage 2. unemployed 3. not in the labor force 4. Census bureau 5. Total adult 6. Current Population Survey 7. BLS 8. lower 9. recession 10. 4 1. higher 12. African American 13. Establishment Payroll Survey 14. unemployed 15. Total Population 16. 2 The U.S. unemployment rate, which is based on a monthly survey carried out by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, asks a series of questions to divide up the adult population into employed, unemployed, or To be classified as unemployed, a person must have actively looked for work in the previous weeks before the survey. A person who does not have a job but has not actively looked for work in the last four weeks is counted as Labor force is comprised of plus employed. Labor force participation rate is the in an economy who are either employed or who are unemployed and looking for a job. The rate is calculated by taking the number of people in the labor force, that is, divided by the population and multiplying by 100. The measures the percentage of the labor force that is unemployed. The measures the net change in jobs created for the month. The CPS is conducted by the while the EPs is conducted by The have the highest unemployment rate among racial and ethnic groups. Unemployment is for less educated than more educated; for middle-aged than the younger age group. The U.S. unemployment rate rises during periods of but falls back to the range of 4% to 6% when the economy is strong. D Question 3 10 pts Yohana who is sixty years old retired after working 40 years at Google, therefore BLS classifies Yohana as: O unemployed not in the labor force O employed O in the lbor force