The table below shows labour force information for a hypothetical economy, Assiniboia.

Finding Participation and Unemployment Rates in Assiniboia
	2019	2020
Total population 15 years and over	19.5 million	19.8 million
Those 15 years and over not in the labour force population	3.1 million	3.2 million
Workers with part-time jobs	2.00 million	2.25 million
Workers with full-time jobs	11.0 million	11.1 million
Unemployed members of the labour force	600,000	650,000

a. Calculate Assiniboia’s labour force population, labour force, participation rate, and official unemployment rate in 2019. Then, calculate values for the same variables in 2020. Enter your responses rounded to 1 decimal place.

	2019	2020
Labour Force Population	million	million
Labour Force	million	million
Participation Rate	%	%
Official Unemployment rate	%	%

b. Has Assiniboia’s official unemployment rate risen or fallen between 2019 and 2020? Has the number of unemployed members of the workforce risen or fallen during this same period?

Assiniboia’s official unemployment rate (Click to select) has risen have fallen .

Number of unemployed members of the workforce (Click to select) has risen have fallen .