Between September 2013 and September 2014 the Number of Economic

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Multiple Choice

Between September 2013 and September 2014 the number of economic part-time workers decreased from 7.9 million to 7.1 million. Assuming the change resulted from economic part-time workers transitioning to full-time jobs, this change created

• A) no change to the U-3 unemployment rate.
• B) a decrease to the U-3 unemployment rate.
• C) an increase to the U-3 unemployment rate.
• D) an increase in the employment-to-population ratio.

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