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.

Laval produces lamps and home lighting fixtures. its most popular product is a brushed aluminum desk lamp. this lamp is made from components shaped in the fabricating department and assembled in the assembly department. information related to the 22,000 desk lamps produced annually follows.direct materials $280,000direct labor fabricating department (8,000 dlh × $24 per dlh) $192,000assembly department (16,600 dlh × $26 per dlh) $431,600machine hours fabricating department $15,200mhassembly department $20,850mhexpected overhead cost and related data for the two production departments follow.fabricating assemblydirect labor hours 150,000dlh 295,000dlhmachine hours 161,000mh 128,000mhoverhead cost $400,000 430,000required1. determine the plantwide overhead rate for laval using direct labor hours as a base.2. determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamp using the plantwide overhead rate.3. compute departmental overhead rates based on machine hours in the fabricating department and direct labor hours in the assembly department.4. use departmental overhead rates from requirement 3 to determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamps.