Including Marginally Attached Workers in the Calculation of the Unemployment

question 309

Multiple Choice

Including marginally attached workers in the calculation of the unemployment rate would

• A) increase the reported rate.
• B) lower the reported rate.
• C) not change the reported rate.
• D) change the reported rate, but in an unpredictable manner.

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Definitions:

Investing Activities

Transactions involving the purchase and sale of long-term assets and other investments not included in cash equivalents.

Bonds Payable

Long-term liabilities representing money borrowed by an entity that must be repaid to creditors at a future date.

Financing Activities

Transactions related to raising capital, repaying investors, and restructuring the financial basis of the entity in the statement of cash flows.

Treasury Stock

Stock that a corporation has once issued and then reacquires.