Use the following information about Employment Country to answer the following questions. Numbers are in millions.
2013 2014 Population 223.6 226.5 Adult population 168.2 169.5 Number of unemploymed 7.4 8.1 Number of employmed 105.2 104.2
What is the labour force in 2013 and 2014?
What is the growth rate of labour force between 2013 and 2014?
What is the unemployment rate in 2013 and 2014?
From 2013 to 2014, the adult population went up while the labour force went down. Provide a number of explanations why this might have occurred.
If the natural rate of unemployment (equilibrium unemployment) in Employment Country is 6.6 percent, what is the maximum that cyclical unemployment could be in 2013 and 2014? Is Employment Country likely to be experiencing a recession in either of these years? (Hint: compare the equilibrium unemployment with the levels of unemployment you found in question 3. for 2013 and 2014)
Use the following information about Employment Country to answer the following questions. Numbers are in millions.
| 2013 | 2014 | |
| Population | 223.6 | 226.5 |
| Adult population | 168.2 | 169.5 |
| Number of unemploymed | 7.4 | 8.1 |
| Number of employmed | 105.2 | 104.2 |
What is the labour force in 2013 and 2014?
What is the growth rate of labour force between 2013 and 2014?
What is the unemployment rate in 2013 and 2014?
From 2013 to 2014, the adult population went up while the labour force went down. Provide a number of explanations why this might have occurred.
If the natural rate of unemployment (equilibrium unemployment) in Employment Country is 6.6 percent, what is the maximum that cyclical unemployment could be in 2013 and 2014? Is Employment Country likely to be experiencing a recession in either of these years? (Hint: compare the equilibrium unemployment with the levels of unemployment you found in question 3. for 2013 and 2014)
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QUESTION 5
Which of the following statements has been proposed as a benefit of passive policy making?
| Passive policy making utilizes the rational expectations hypothesis. | ||
| Passive policy making allows for making immediate changes in response to an anticipated change in economic performance. | ||
| When using passive policy making there is no tradeoff between price stability and unemployment. | ||
| Passive policy making does not wait for the time lag between recognition of a problem and policy action before engaging in economic policies to stabilize the economy. |
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QUESTION 6
The idea of policy making taking place in response to a predetermined set of rules is referred to as
| discretionary policy making. | ||
| passive policy making. | ||
| Keynesianism. | ||
| active policy making. |
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QUESTION 7
What types of unemployment will still exist when the economy is at the natural rate of unemployment?
| frictional and cyclical unemployment only | ||
| frictional, structural, and cyclical unemployment | ||
| frictional and structural unemployment only | ||
| structural and cyclical unemployment only |
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QUESTION 8
The natural rate of unemployment is
| the unemployment rate that exists in long-run equilibrium, after adjustments to all changes have occurred. | ||
| the unemployment rate when there is no structural unemployment. | ||
| the unemployment rate when there is no structural or cyclical unemployment. | ||
| zero. |
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QUESTION 9
According to the text, minimum-wage laws cause increases in
| employment possibilities. | ||
| structural unemployment. | ||
| poverty. | ||
| productivity. |
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QUESTION 10
During a recession, the overall unemployment rate
| exceeds the natural rate of unemployment. | ||
| falls below the natural rate of unemployment. | ||
| falls rapidly. | ||
| equals the inflation rate. |
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QUESTION 11
Cyclical unemployment is
| the unemployment due to the unemployment benefits and welfare programs of the government. | ||
| the unemployment due to union activities and government-imposed restrictions to entry into specific occupations. | ||
| the difference between the actual unemployment rate and the natural rate of unemployment. | ||
| the difference between the unemployment rate when the economy is in a recession and the unemployment rate when the economy is at the peak of an expansion. |
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QUESTION 12
Which of the following unemployment rates can be negative?
| the natural unemployment rate | ||
| the seasonal unemployment rate | ||
| the official unemployment rate reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics | ||
| the cyclical unemployment rate |
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QUESTION 13
An unexpected increase in aggregate demand typically causes
| the price level to increase but has no effect on the unemployment rate. | ||
| frictional unemployment to increase but structural unemployment to decrease. | ||
| the price level to increase and the unemployment rate to fall. | ||
| the price level to increase and the unemployment rate to increase. |
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QUESTION 14
The rate of unemployment below which the rate of inflation tends to rise and above which the rate of inflation tends to fall is known as the
| non-accelerating-inflation rate of unemployment (NAIRU). | ||
| contrary rate of unemployment. | ||
| Phillips rate of unemployment. | ||
| menu cost rate of unemployment. |
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QUESTION 15
Based on the work of economist A.W. Phillips, economists concluded that
| high inflation rates are associated with low unemployment rates. | ||
| higher rates of inflation are associated with higher rates of unemployment. | ||
| there is no trade-off between inflation and unemployment. | ||
| unemployment can be effectively combated by raising wages. |
