Full employment is not zero unemployment because

A) there are statistical errors when determining the unemployment rate that cannot be overcome.
B) there is "normal" friction in the economy made up of those workers who are between jobs and those new entrants to the labor force.
C) there are undocumented workers in the economy who are not counted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
D) government workers are not counted in the labor force.


B

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