Define the “full-employment” or “natural” rate of unemployment and give its approximate percentage rate as economists currently define it.
What will be an ideal response?
“Full employment” does not mean zero percent unemployment, but refers to that part of unemployment viewed as being unavoidable. This is generally the sum of frictional and structural unemployment and today is generally believed to be 4 to 5 %.
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Consider two oligopolistic industries selling the same product in different locations. In the first industry, firms always match price changes by any other firm in the industry
In the second industry, firms always ignore price changes by any other firm. Which of the following statements is true about these two industries, holding everything else constant? A) Market prices are likely to be the same in both markets because they are both oligopolistic markets. B) No conclusions can be drawn about the pricing behavior under these very different firm behaviors. C) Market prices are likely to be lower in the first industry where firms always match price changes by rival firms than in the second where firms ignore their rivals' price changes. D) Market prices are likely to be higher in the first industry in which firms always match price changes by rival firms than in the second where firms ignore their rivals' price changes.
Assuming the economy is starting at the natural rate of output and everything else held constant, the effect of ________ in aggregate ________ is a rise in both inflation and output in the short-run,
but in the long-run the only effect is a rise in inflation. A) a decrease; supply B) a decrease; demand C) an increase; supply D) an increase; demand