Unemployment is a lagging indicator because:
A) employers wait to see how bad a recession looks before making the difficult decision to lay off workers.
B) employers wait to see how solid a recovery looks before committing to take on new employees.
C) firms may first try to decrease or increase the hours of existing employees before changing levels of employment.
D) All of these are reasons that make unemployment a lagging indicator.
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