The Unemployment rate is the percentage of the people in the economy who are jobless or lost their jobs due to any of the reasons. This rate also shows the non-earning capacity of the total population.
The number of unemployed workers in this economy is 8.4 million.
Computation:
Given,
Unemployment rate= 6%
Total population=290 million
Population employed or civilian labor force = 150 million
[tex]\text{Number of Unemployed workers}=(\text{Total Population}-\text{Civilian labor force})\times \text{Unemployment rate}\\=(290\;\text{million}-150\;\text{million})\times6\%\\=140\;\text{million}\times6\%\\=8.4\;\text{million}[/tex]
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