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(Source: www.economicsonline.co.uk and www.ons.gov.uk)
In 2019 the total number of unemployed people was 1.29 million.
Number of unemployed people
Unemployment rate = × 100
Total labour force
(a) (i) Using the formula above, work out the unemployment rate for the UK in 2019
Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places and write your answer in the table.
(2)
(ii) Using your answer to part (a)(i), what conclusion can be drawn about the
unemployment rate in the UK between 2017 and 2019?
(1)
Bob says, without doing any calculations, that the total number of people unemployed
decreased from 2017 to 2018
(b) Using the data in the table, assess Bob’s claim.
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