Cyclical unemployment

A) decreases during a recession.
B) is higher during an expansion.
C) is always a constant amount of unemployment.
D) fluctuates over the business cycle.
E) fluctuates but not in response to the business cycle.

Consider the following people:
? Chris quits his job as an automobile mechanic to pursue his college education full-time.
? Darrelo was laid off from her technical support job because of a strike by production workers and is currently looking for a new job.
? Rita graduated from college and is currently looking for a job.
? Armondo quit his old job and will begin his new job in four days.
? Thorton was fired from his job as a steel worker because of massive imports of steel and he is looking for a new job.
? Jung was laid off from his job as an appraiser because the firm's business declined because of a general downturn in the economy and he is currently looking for a new job as an appraiser.


D

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