In a Country with a Working-Age Population of 22 Million

question 100

Multiple Choice

In a country with a working-age population of 22 million, 16 million are employed, 2 million are unemployed, and 1 million of the employed are working part-time, half of whom wish to work full-time. If 500,000 of those unemployed are cyclically unemployed, what is the natural unemployment rate?

• A)11.1 percent
• B)5.6 percent
• C)8.3 percent
• D)9.4 percent
• E)1.5 percent

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