Unemployment & CPI Statistics Project

Go to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BLS) http://www.bls.gov/ and:
Read the current Employment Situation, then access the detail tables (listed below). Review the tables and write a paper explaining how the employment
situation has changed year-over-year.
Table A-2: Employment status of the civilian population by race sex and age
Table A-4: Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment
Table A-11: Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment
Table A-12: Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment
Table A-15: Alternative measures of labor underutilization
Table A-16: Persons not in the labor force and multiple job holders by sex not seasonally adjusted
OR,
Go to the Bureau Labor Statistics (BLS) http://www.bls.gov/ and read the current Consumer Price Index Summary, then access the detail table (listed
below). Review the information and write a report: (1) explain how the CPI is calculated (2) explain how the CPI helps us better understand the Macro
economy (3) explain how the CPI has changed year-over-year.
Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U. S. city average, by detailed expenditure category
Requirements and Submitting your work :
A two-page paper with proper citations,1.5 spacing, normal margins and 12-point font. Graphs and/or tables may be added but are not a substitute for
written text. Upload your final paper to assignments (see link below) NOTE: each paper must have a well crafted introduction and conclusion.
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