Assume Smith Is Temporarily Unemployed Because He Has Voluntarily Quit

question 124

Multiple Choice

Assume Smith is temporarily unemployed because he has voluntarily quit his job with company A and will begin a better job next week with company B. Smith will be considered as:

• A) cyclically unemployed.
• B) frictionally unemployed.
• C) secularly unemployed.
• D) employed.

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