In the United States, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) compiles and publishes data on unemployment. Go to the BLS website and click on “Unemployment” (under “Subjects”). Read through the most recent report and answer the following questions:

a. What is the current unemployment rate in the United States? How does it compare with those of other developed countries?

b. Which state has the highest unemployment rate? Which state has the lowest unemployment rate?

c. What is the underemployment rate?

www.bls.gov