Suppose potential GDP is $100 billion and the natural unemployment rate is 5 percent. If the unemployment rate is 6 percent, then according to Okun's Law real GDP is

A) $102 billion. B) $98 billion. C) $101 billion. D) $99 billion. E) $100 billion.

B

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A) The demand curve is downward sloping. B) The slope of the demand curve is negative. C) The firm will produce where the demand curve is inelastic. D) The firm will produce where the demand curve is elastic.

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When changes to a company’s output do not affect its long-term average total cost curve, that company is experiencing ______.

a. constant returns to scale b. economies of scale c. diseconomies of scale d. variable returns to scale

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