In a Country with a Working-Age Population of 100 Million

question 142

Multiple Choice

In a country with a working-age population of 100 million, 70 million workers are employed and 5 million workers are unemployed. What is the labor force participation rate?

• A) 70 percent
• B) 5 percent
• C) 75 percent
• D) 7 percent

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Definitions:

Cost of Capital

A financial metric representing the minimum return that a company must earn on its existing asset base to satisfy its creditors, owners, and other providers of capital.

Average Rate

The mean value calculated by dividing the sum of all rates by the number of rates.

Payback Period

The length of time required to recover the initial cost of an investment, calculated by dividing the initial investment by annual cash inflows.

Cost of Capital

The yield a business needs to achieve on its investments to keep its market price stable and draw in capital.