Suppose the real GDP of an economy is $520 billion dollars and its unemployment rate is 8%. If the natural rate of unemployment is estimated at 5%, what is the value of the country's potential GDP (LAS) in billions of dollars? Value of the country's potential GDP (LAS) is $ billion.

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