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casperchen82

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If the official unemployment rate increases from December to January because the Christmas season is over, we can conclude that _____ is responsible for the increase.
 a. seasonal unemployment
  b. cyclical unemployment
 c. structural unemployment
  d. frictional unemployment
  e. underemployment

Question 2

The official U.S. poverty line for a family is calculated by taking 3 times the annual cost of:
 a. public housing.
  b. basic medical care.
  c. utilities and transportation.
  d. a minimal diet.



mohan

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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

d



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