Assume the natural rate of unemployment in the U.S. economy is 5 percent and the actual rate of unemployment is 9 percent. According to Okun's law, the negative GDP gap as a percentage of potential GDP is

a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
d. 8
e. 10


d. 8

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A. real income increases by approximately 5 per cent. B. the price level increases by approximately 5 per cent. C. the nominal interest rate increases by approximately 5 per cent. D. nominal income increases by approximately 5 per cent.

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Shift to the left or right for supply: number of sellers decreases

What will be an ideal response?

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A measure by which prices are expressed is a(n)

A. medium of exchange. B. unit of accounting. C. store of value. D. standard of deferred payment.

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