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joblessjake

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How do the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Bureau of the Census estimate U.S. unemployment each month?
 a. They contact each state's unemployment office and gather data on new claims for unemployment.
  b. They randomly survey about 60,000 U.S. households to determine how many people are in the labor force, and what proportion of them is unemployed.
  c. They track released prisoners. These agencies adjust released prisoner employment unemployment rate proxy (PURP).
  d. None of the above are correct.

Question 2

Demand-pull inflation is caused by a rightward shift of the aggregate demand curve.
 a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false



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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

True





 

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