Which of the Following Describe the United States' Unemployment Rate

question 250

Multiple Choice

Which of the following describe the United States' unemployment rate over the last 80 years?
i. The unemployment rate has decreased each year since the Great Depression.
ii. The unemployment rate has averaged about 5.7 percent since 1929.
iii. Job creation due to defense spending and consumer spending in the 1960s drove the unemployment rate to one its lowest level.

• A) i and ii only.
• B) ii and iii only.
• C) i, ii and iii.
• D) i only.
• E) i and iii.

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