Table 1 - Labor force data   Year 1 Year 2 Population 100 million 110 million Labor Force 90 million 100 million Number of Employed 80 million 96 million Assuming that "full employment" is defined as a 5% unemployment rate, which of the following is true?     Answers: A.  Production has moved from on the PPF in Year 1 to inside the PPF in Year 2.   B.  Production has moved from on the PPF in Year 1 to outside the PPF in Year 2.   C.  Production has moved from inside the PPF in Year 1 onto the PPF in Year 2.   D.  The economy is producing on the PPF in both Years 1 and Year 2

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Table 1 - Labor force data

 

Year 1

Year 2

Population

100 million

110 million

Labor Force

90 million

100 million

Number of Employed

80 million

96 million

Assuming that "full employment" is defined as a 5% unemployment rate, which of the following is true?

   

Answers:

A. 

Production has moved from on the PPF in Year 1 to inside the PPF in Year 2.

 

B. 

Production has moved from on the PPF in Year 1 to outside the PPF in Year 2.

 

C. 

Production has moved from inside the PPF in Year 1 onto the PPF in Year 2.

 

D. 

The economy is producing on the PPF in both Years 1 and Year 2.

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