Question

The unemployment rate is a vital statistic for measuring the health of our economy. The unemployment rate during the Great Depression was as high as 25%, resulting in a decline in real GDP of around 30%. Since that time, we have experienced rises/falls in the unemployment rate.

Visit the Bureau of Labor Statistics website linked here: http://www.bls.gov/cps/ (Links to an external site.)

Find the current U.S. unemployment rate and the Alabama state (state in the USA) unemployment rate and describe the current trend in unemployment. i.e. Compare Alabama's unemployment rate and the USA's unemployment rate.