The Natural Rate of Unemployment

question 1

Multiple Choice

The natural rate of unemployment

• A) is currently about 4%.
• B) must be the same for every demographic group.
• C) occurs when job vacancies equal the number of unemployed workers.
• D) hit bottom in the 1970s.

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