In a Country with a Working-Age Population of 30 Million

question 33

Multiple Choice

In a country with a working-age population of 30 million, 18 million are employed, 2 million are unemployed, and 2 million of the employed are working part-time, half of whom wish to work full-time. If 1 million of those unemployed are cyclically unemployed, what is the natural unemployment rate?

• A)5.6 percent
• B)5 percent
• C)6.7 percent
• D)11.1 percent
• E)1 percent

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