In Recent Years,Statistics Canada Has Released Two Special (Supplementary)unemployment Rates

question 128

Multiple Choice

In recent years,Statistics Canada has released two special (supplementary) unemployment rates that include estimates of the number of discouraged and part-time workers.The official unemployment rate,along with the two supplementary rates,is shown in the chart for the period 1997 to 2006.

-Two groups of workers not counted as unemployed in the official unemployment statistics are _______ workers.

• A) chronically unemployed and short-term unemployed
• B) chronically unemployed and discouraged
• C) chronically unemployed and involuntary part-time
• D) discouraged and short-term unemployed
• E) discouraged and involuntary part-time

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Spontaneous Recovery

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