If the full-employment rate of unemployment is 5 percent, and the economy is experiencing a 7 percent unemployment rate, what is the rate of cyclical unemployment?

a. 7 percent
b. 12 percent
c. -2 percent
d. 5 percent
e. 2 percent

E

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a. speculation in the stock market destabilizes prices. b. a stock's past performance is not a good indicator of its future performance. c. rumors, news, and other "signals" have no effect on stock prices. d. the stock market does not participate in channeling resources toward firms with high stock prices.

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