If the United States' unemployment rate is 10 percent and the capacity utilization rate is 70 percent, the economy is in the midst of a ____________.


Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


recession

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The increase in productivity in the 2000's was most similar to that of the

A. 1960's B. 1970's C. 1980's D. 1990's

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