Justify your answer if true, false or uncertain. Use graphics or models to sustain explanations: 1. During Covid-19 pandemic, Chilean unemployment rate peaked at 13.1% in May 2020 and then declined to 7.1% in October 2021. Decline in unemployment rate to pre-pandemic levels means that economy recovered all employment losses from pandemic. 2. A fall in copper’s price (Chile's main export product) hurts Chile's real GDP growth

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Justify your answer if true, false or uncertain. Use graphics or models to sustain explanations:

1. During Covid-19 pandemic, Chilean unemployment rate peaked at 13.1% in May 2020 and then declined to 7.1% in October 2021. Decline in unemployment rate to pre-pandemic levels means that economy recovered all employment losses from pandemic.

2. A fall in copper’s price (Chile's main export product) hurts Chile's real GDP growth

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Unemployment Rate:

The unemployment rate is a percentage that represents the proportion of people in the labor force who are actively seeking employment but are unable to find it.



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