Labor force (thousands) Unemployed (thousands) Region December 2018 December 2019 December 2018 December 2019 Northeast 28,536 28,729 1,083 1,080 South 60,112 60,909 2,183 2,074 Midwest 34,971 35,063 1,275 1,244 West 38,704 39,166 1,608 1,489 Data from: Bureau of Labor Statistics. a. Calculate the number of workers employed in each of the regions in December 2018 and December 2019. Use your answers to calculate the change in the total number of workers employed between December 2018 and December 2019. b. For each region, calculate the growth in the labor force from December 2018 to December 2019. c. Compute unemployment rates in the different regions of the country in December 2018 and December 2019. d. What can you infer about the fall in unemployment rates over this period? Was it caused by a net gain in the number of jobs or by a large fall in the number of people seeking jobs