When is the economy at the natural rate of unemployment? Select one: O a. All of these choices are correct O b. When everyone in the economy who wants to work is working O c When the only kinds of unemployment are frictional structural, and cyclical O d. When everyone in the economy is working O e. When the only people who want to work and are not working are frictionally unemployed people who are not willing to work unskilled jobs while they search, and structurally unemployed people who are not willing to work unskilled jobs while the get new skills Of. None of these choices are correct

When is the economy at the natural rate of unemployment? Select one: O a. All of these choices are correct O b. When everyone in the economy who wants to work is working O c When the only kinds of unemployment are frictional structural, and cyclical O d. When everyone in the economy is working O e. When the only people who want to work and are not working are frictionally unemployed people who are not willing to work unskilled jobs while they search, and structurally unemployed people who are not willing to work unskilled jobs while the get new skills Of. None of these choices are correct

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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