Macroeconomics
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ISBN: 9781337617390
Author: Roger A. Arnold
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 9, Problem 8QP
(a)
To determine
Estimate the relationship between the actual
(b)
To determine
Estimate the relationship between the actual unemployment and natural unemployment rates in an inflationary gap.
(c)
To determine
Estimate the relationship between the actual unemployment and natural unemployment rates in the long-run equilibrium.
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Changes in technology and new workers joining the workforce have coñtributed to an overall upward trend in the unemployment rate.
It is very likely that an unemployment rate of 0% will never be observed.
The end of the 20th century saw some of the highest rates of unemployment in US history.
Unemployment generally remains stable and static over time,
The behavior of the unemployment rate is related to the business cycle.
What is the difference between the natural rate of unemployment vs. the full
employment rate of unemployment?
a) The natural rate of unemployment is the economy's long-run unemployme
rate in the absence of government intervention while the full employment
rate of unemployment is a policy preference initiated by Congress.
Ob) The natural rate of unemployment ranges between 5-6% unemployment
while the full employment rate of unemployment is lower, at about 4%.
c) Both the natural rate of unemployment and the full employment rate of
unemployment consist of the same 2 types of unemployment.
d) All of the above are true.
Consider an economy with the following data:
Employed = 891 million
Unemployed = 9 million
What is the unemployment rate in this economy?
Group of answer choices
A) 99%
B) 1%
C) 9%
D) 9.9%
Chapter 9 Solutions
Macroeconomics
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