Suppose the measured unemployment rate is 7.4% and the natural rate of unemployment is 5.1%. In this situation, policymakers should
A) attempt to stimulate the economy.
B) attempt to slow the economy.
C) not intervene in the economy.
D) The actions of policymakers will depend on how much of the natural rate is frictional unemployment and how much is structural unemployment.
A
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If the CPI the year Sharisse begins work is 181.2 and the CPI the year her mother started work was 109.1, Sharisse is A) wrong. Adjusting for price changes, her salary is less than her mother's salary. B) correct. Adjusting for quantity changes, her salary is more than her mother's salary. C) correct. Adjusting for price changes, her salary is more than her mother's salary. D) wrong. Adjusting for quantity changes, her salary is less than her mother's salary. E) maybe wrong and maybe right. Adjusting for quantity changes, her salary is less than her mother's salary but with the information given we are unable to further adjust for price changes.
Spending by consumers on consumption goods, spending by businesses on investment goods, spending by government, and spending by foreigners on net exports make up
a. disposable national income b. the equilibrium economy c. aggregate supply d. aggregate expenditure e. discretionary spending