The Structural Unemployment Rate Is 2

question 41

Multiple Choice

The structural unemployment rate is 2.3 percent,the frictional unemployment rate is 2.4 percent,and the current unemployment rate is 4.1 percent.The economy is in

• A) a recessionary gap producing less than Natural Real GDP.
• B) an inflationary gap producing more than Natural Real GDP.
• C) long-run equilibrium.
• D) an inflationary gap producing Natural Real GDP.
• E) a recessionary gap producing more than Natural Real GDP.

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Definitions:

Unreported Income

Earnings not declared to tax authorities, often to evade taxation; part of the informal or shadow economy.

GNP

Gross National Product is the total dollar value of all goods and services produced over a specific time period by the nationals of a country, regardless of where the production takes place.

GDP

Gross Domestic Product; the total value of all goods and services produced over a specific time period within a country.

Per Capita GDP

The average economic output per person, calculated by dividing the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of a country by its total population.