How Is the Unemployment Rate Computed

question 106

Multiple Choice

How is the unemployment rate computed?

• A) by counting the number of employment insurance applications filed
• B) by dividing the number of unemployed by the number of persons in the labour force
• C) by determining the number of unemployed in the population aged 18 and older
• D) by counting the number of working-age persons who don't have a job

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Definitions:

Operating Activities

The primary revenue-producing activities of a business and other activities that are not investing or financing, which are reflected in the cash flows from operating activities section of the cash flow statement.

Merchandise Inventories

The total value of a company’s products currently available for sale, held by the business as assets.

Financing Activities

Activities that result in changes in the size and composition of the equity capital or borrowings of a company, as reported in the cash flow statement.

Treasury Stock

Treasury stock consists of shares that were issued and later reacquired by the issuing company, reducing the amount of outstanding stock on the open market.