1. Unemployment Rates in June. Raw, unadjusted data show virtually every year that the number of unemployed rise in June. Why? Would this show up in seasonally adjusted data? 2. Alternative...

1. Unemployment Rates in June. Raw, unadjusted data show virtually every year that the number of unemployed rise in June. Why? Would this show up in seasonally adjusted data?

2. Alternative Unemployment Measures. An economy has 200,000,000 people employed, 5,000,000 unemployed, and 3,000,000 marginally attached workers. What is the conventional measure of the unemployment rate? What would be the best alternative measure that takes into account the marginally attached workers?