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What’s the UR based on the table below? (1) Answer: Frictional Unemployment 1.8% Seasonal Unemployment .4%...

What’s the UR based on the table below? (1) Answer:

Frictional Unemployment 1.8%
Seasonal Unemployment .4%
Structural Unemployment 1.6%
Cyclical Unemployment .1%
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Cyclical unemployment rate = Actual unemployment rate - Natural unemployment rate

Natural unemployment rate = Structural Unemployment rate + Frictional Unemployment rate

(Note In general Seasonal unemployment is considered as a part of structural unemployment and is hence not used in calculating Natural unemployment)

=> Cyclical unemployment rate = Actual unemployment rate - Natural unemployment rate

= Actual unemployment rate - (Structural Unemployment rate + Frictional Unemployment rate)

=> 0.1% = Actual unemployment rate - (1.8% + 1.6%)

=> Actual unemployment rate = 0.1% + 3.4%

Thus, Actual unemployment rate = 3.5%

Hence, UR = 3.5%

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