If the unemployment rate for the United States economy rises from 7 to 11 percent during a year, we can conclude that:
A. Actual GDP exceeds potential GDP
B. Actual GDP is less than potential GDP
C. The economy is experiencing only frictional unemployment
D. The natural rate of unemployment for the United States economy has risen
B. Actual GDP is less than potential GDP
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Suppose a firm wants to expand sales of its product into a foreign country. Should the firm license local firms in the foreign country to use its technologies to produce the product or should it set up a foreign operation that it owns and controls? What factors should the firm consider in making the decision? When identifying these factors, clearly explain how and why they push the decision toward one or the other of the two available choices.
What will be an ideal response?
Refer to Figure 13-2. Ceteris paribus, a decrease in the labor force would be represented by a movement from
A) SRAS1 to SRAS2. B) SRAS2 to SRAS1. C) point A to point B. D) point B to point A.
Objections to free trade
a. arise because trade harms everyone b. arise when some groups within a nation are harmed by trade c. arise because importers and exporters are often the same people d. are inconsistent with economic rationality e. arise because people prefer not to consume foreign-produced goods