The Natural Unemployment Rate

question 89

Multiple Choice

The natural unemployment rate

• A) is the same from year to year.
• B) is greater than the actual rate of unemployment.
• C) is the unemployment rate when there is no cyclical unemployment.
• D) equals zero.

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