The natural rate of unemployment:
A) is a constant.
B) is the average of the unemployment rate in a country over time.
C) is determined by adding the unemployment rates in all countries and then dividing it by the number of countries.
D) is always lesser than the level of cyclical unemployment in an economy.
B
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A) practicing price discrimination B) unfair C) incurring a loss on on-campus sales D) eliminating all competition
From 1900 to 2013, real GDP per person has had two important attributes
A) It has grown substantially over time and there are small differences from country to country. B) It has grown unevenly over time in the U.S. but it has grown substantially. C) It has grown evenly over time in the U.S. and there are huge differences from country to country. D) It has fluctuated around a trend in the U.S. but it has not grown much for all the Southeast Asian countries. E) It has doubled in the U.S. but there have been many recession periods.
Picture an economy that is in general equilibrium. What would happen if the natural rate of unemployment were to experience a decrease?
A) according to the Phillips curve, the ensuing negative unemployment gap would exert inflationary pressures B) according to Okun's Law, the ensuing negative unemployment gap would be consistent with a positive output gap C) according to the AD-AS framework, the LRAS curve would shift to the right and the ensuing output gap would have to be closed by subsequent rightward shifts in the AS curve to a lower equilibrium level of inflation D) all of the above E) none of the above
A market is said to be allocatively efficient when the marginal cost of producing each good equals the marginal benefit that consumers derive from that good
a. True b. False