Data Exercise Project

Format of the Project:
The Data Exercise must be prepared as an MS Word attachment. OTHER FORMATS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE and will not be reviewed or graded.

Note that hand-written and scanned works, pdf. files, jpg. files, as well as files posted in google drive, will not be accepted or graded.
The paper should be written in APA style Research Paper format.
Use of APA Citation Methodology is required for all parts of the assignment

Data Exercise Project
The Unemployment Rate (weight 30% of the assignment grade)
Complete the following exercise:
Visit the Bureau of Labor Statistics Web Site,
www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.toc.htm .
Select Employment Situation Summary.
Write a report (1-2 pages double – spaced) to answer the questions:
1. 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?
2. What were the unemployment rates for adult women, teenagers, blacks, Hispanics, and whites? How did these rates compare with those a month earlier?
3. What factors make it difficult to determine the unemployment rate?
4. Why is unemployment an economic problem?
5. What are the non-economic effects of unemployment?
6. Who loses from unemployment?