An Economy Is Producing Its Natural Real GDP When the Unemployment

question 131

Multiple Choice

An economy is producing its Natural Real GDP when the unemployment rate is equal to the __________ unemployment rate.

• A) frictional
• B) structural
• C) sum of the frictional unemployment rate and the structural
• D) seasonal
• E) cyclical

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