Which of the Following Statements Is True

question 55

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true?

• A) The four phases of the business cycle, in order, are: peak, recovery, trough, recession.
• B) When unemployment is rising then real GDP is rising.
• C) The economic problem typically associated with a recovery is rising unemployment.
• D) Full employment exists in an economy when the unemployment rate equals the sum of frictional, seasonal and structural unemployment rates.

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