This graph shows the US unemployment rate from August 2010 to November 2011. A graph titled Sample Unemployment Rate Graph has the date on the x-axis and unemployment rate percentage on the y-axis, from 0 to 10 in increments of 2. The x-axis contains the dates August 10, January 11, June 11, and November 11. A line starts at August 10 and curves slightly down below 4 percent at January 11, and then back up toward November 11.

This graph could help an economist predict

how the government will address unemployment.
which industries are most in need of workers.
how many people will be out of work in the next year.
why producers might hire fewer workers in the future.

Each of the four independent situations below describes a sales-type lease in which annual lease payments of $12,500 are payable at the beginning of each year. each is a finance lease for the lessee. (fv of $1, pv of $1, fva of $1, pva of $1, fvad of $1 and pvad of $1) (use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.) situation 1 2 3 4 lease term (years) 3 3 3 3 asset’s useful life (years) 3 4 4 6 lessor’s implicit rate (known by lessee) 14 % 14 % 14 % 14 % residual value: guaranteed by lessee 0 $ 5,000 $ 2,500 0 unguaranteed 0 0 $ 2,500 $ 5,000 purchase option: after (years) none 2 3 3 exercise price n/a $ 7,500 $ 1,500 $ 3,500 reasonably certain? n/a no no yes

Match each economic concept with the scenarios that illustrates it

The kamp family has twins, rob and rachel. both rob and rachel graduated from college 2 years ago, and each is now earning $50,000 per year. rachel works in the retail industry, where the mean salary for executives with less than 5 years' experience is $35,000 with a standard deviation of $8,000. rob is an engineer. the mean salary for engineers with less than 5 years' experience is $60,000 with a standard deviation of $5,000.