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Part A: Unemployment

a$.$ The following table shows some labour characteristics for a sub$-$group of the Canadian population in $2008,2009,2010$

and $2019($Statistics Canada, Tables$14-10-0287-01).$ The columns are the population of that sub$-$groups $($Pop$),$ the labour

force $($LF$),$ the employment $($E$),$ the unemployments$($U$),$ the unemployment rate $($UR$),$ the participation rate $($PR$)$ and the

employment rate $($ER$).$ The first four columns are in thousands of individuals and the last three in percentage. Fill the

empty cells. Round your answers to the nearest first decimal using the same measurement units.

Labour characteristics for a sub$-$group of the Canadian population in $2008,2009,2010$ and $2019($Statistics Canada, Table $14-10-$

$0287-01)$

b$.$ Using the above table, what is the new unemployment rate in $2009$ if $20$ thousand unemployed workers stop looking for a

job? Express your answer in percentage rounded to the nearest first decimal.

c$.$ Using the above table, suppose that the $1\mathrm{.}5\%$ of the labour force become unemployed every month in $2009.$ What is the

approximated duration of unemployment on average in months? Round your answer to the nearest first decimal.