The unemployment rate is 10.1%, the natural rate of unemployment is 6.5%, and the potential rate of GDP growth is 2.75%. If the coefficient of Okun's law is 0.4%, real GDP must grow at a rate of % in order to reduce the unemployment rate to the natural unemployment rate. (Enter your response rounded to two decimal places.)

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The unemployment rate is 10.1%, the natural rate of unemployment is 6.5%,
and the potential rate of GDP growth is 2.75%. If the coefficient of Okun's law is
0.4%, real GDP must grow at a rate of % in order to reduce the
unemployment rate to the natural unemployment rate. (Enter your response
rounded to two decimal places.)
Transcribed Image Text:K The unemployment rate is 10.1%, the natural rate of unemployment is 6.5%, and the potential rate of GDP growth is 2.75%. If the coefficient of Okun's law is 0.4%, real GDP must grow at a rate of % in order to reduce the unemployment rate to the natural unemployment rate. (Enter your response rounded to two decimal places.)
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