When the economy is at full employment, which types of unemployment remain? A. frictional and cyclical B. frictional and structural C. cyclical and structural D. None of the above. Full employment means that there is no unemployment, so the unemployment rate would be zero. The "normal" underlying level of unemployment in the economy is OA. the sum of structural unemployment and frictional unemployment. B. the natural rate of unemployment. C. the full-employment rate of unemployment. D. All of the above.

When the economy is at full employment, which types of unemployment remain? A. frictional and cyclical B. frictional and structural C. cyclical and structural D. None of the above. Full employment means that there is no unemployment, so the unemployment rate would be zero. The "normal" underlying level of unemployment in the economy is OA. the sum of structural unemployment and frictional unemployment. B. the natural rate of unemployment. C. the full-employment rate of unemployment. D. All of the above.

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Chapter18: Introduction To Macroeconomics: Unemployment, Inflation, And Economic Fluctuations

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