Why Does the Government Measure Unemployment Through the Current Population

question 9

Multiple Choice

Why does the government measure unemployment through the Current Population
Survey?

• A)The government needs to know how many people will apply for unemployment compensation benefits.
• B)The government needs to know how many people should pay income tax.
• C)Private employers do not care about unemployment, and so no private-sector firm would collect unemployment data.
• D)The level of unemployment is an indicator of the overall health of the economy.
• E)Unemployment is too rare an event to be measured by the census.

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