By 2010, the U.S. economy had emerged from the recession that had begun in 2007. Despite an economic growth rate well above zero, unemployment showed little sign of declining much below ten percent
Focusing on the definition of the unemployment rate, explain how it is possible to have positive economic growth without declining unemployment.
To lower the unemployment rate, the number of people who are out of work and looking for a job must decline faster than the number of people in the labor force. As growth accelerates at the end of a recession, many people who had left the labor force return as job seekers, which raises the unemployment rate (the effect on the numerator is larger than the effect on the denominator).
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The central reason why there are gains from international trade is because a. trading allows otherwise unemployed people to have jobs
b. the rate of interest is not the same in all countries. c. resources are not equally distributed to all nations. d. those nations with absolute advantages in producing many goods can produce all of those goods at lower opportunity costs than other countries.
If opening up international trade resulted in the U.S. importing ballpoint pens, what would tend to happen to the U.S. price of ballpoint pens? a. The domestic price will fall
b. The domestic price will rise. c. The domestic price will remain constant. d. It is impossible to predict the impact.