The demand for labor and other factors of production typically decline in a recession because those factors

A. Are derived from the demand for final output, which also declines in a recession.
B. Are no longer offered for sale in factor markets.
C. Have become more expensive than before the recession.
D. Have become relatively scarcer than before the recession.


Answer: A

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