Macroeconomics
21st Edition
ISBN: 9781259915673
Author: Campbell R. McConnell, Stanley L. Brue, Sean Masaki Flynn Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Expected rise in wages of workers.
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QUESTION 43
If the population of a country is 1,000,000 people, its labor force consists of 500,000, and 40,000 people are unemployed, the
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Inflation is defined as:
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Over time, U.S. real GDP has increased:
By small, constant increments.
At a constant geometric rate.
At an average rate of 3 percent per year.
At an average rate of 7 percent per year.
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