Problem
Visit the Bureau of Labor Statistics Web Site. Select Employment Situation Summary.
a) What month (and year) is summarized? What was the unemployment rate for that month? How does that rate compare with the rate in the previous month?
b) What were the unemployment rates for adult women, teenagers, blacks, Hispanics, and whites? How did these rates compare with those a month earlier?
c) What factors make it difficult to determine the unemployment rate?