Rich lost his job six months ago because of budget cuts at the county landfill where he worked. he tried finding another job, but has not actively searched for work for three months. rich would be considered by the bureau of labor statistics to be

The Bureau of labor statistics will consider Rich as a Marginally attached worker ( real unemployed workers )

Explanation:

The Bureau of labor statistics categories unemployment under different categories which are three(3) major categories known as Cyclical , structural and Frictional unemployment. the fourth category of unemployment is the real unemployment category .

under the real unemployment category there are a further two category under the real unemployment category which are : Marginally attached workers, and part - time workers. The marginally attached workers are workers who have not searched for jobs for more than 4 weeks and they can also be called discouraged workers and Rich fall falls into this categories.

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