If the natural rate of unemployment was 6 percent, the current unemployment rate was 10 percent, and the potential GDP was $4,000 billion, then according to Okun's law the economy would have sacrificed:

A.  $160 billion in output not produced
B.  $240 billion in output not produced
C.  $320 billion in output not produced
D.  $480 billion in output not produced


C.  $320 billion in output not produced

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