The Structural Unemployment Rate Is 3

question 162

Multiple Choice

The structural unemployment rate is 3.2 percent,the frictional unemployment rate is 1.8 percent,and the current unemployment rate is 6.3 percent.The economy is in

• A) a recessionary gap producing less than Natural Real GDP.
• B) an inflationary gap producing more than Natural Real GDP.
• C) long-run equilibrium.
• D) an inflationary gap producing Natural Real GDP.
• E) a recessionary gap producing more than Natural Real GDP.

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