When Actual Unemployment Is Less Than Its Natural Rate,the

question 109

Multiple Choice

When actual unemployment is less than its natural rate,the

• A) economy is in a recession.
• B) economy is producing within its long-run capabilities.
• C) numbers must be wrong because the actual unemployment rate can never be less than the natural rate.
• D) economy is in an expansion.
• E) economy must be experiencing high inflation.

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Mean Absolute Deviation

The average of the absolute differences between each data point in a set and the mean of that set, measuring variability.

Residuals

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Regression Analysis

A statistical technique for estimating the relationships among variables, often used to predict the value of a dependent variable based on the values of one or more independent variables.