2. [10 points ] Suppose that the unemployment exceeds the natural rate by 5%. If 0-0.5,...
[ 10 points ] If the Fed increases inflation, show the impact on unemployment in both the long and short run?
Unemployment rate: natural rate of unemployment-0.5 x (output gap) 1. Use Okun's Law to estimate the following: a) The current US unemployment rate is around 10%, and level of inflation is close to 0%. If the natural rate of unemployment is 6%, what can we say about the output gap (or at what production capacity is the economy is operating relative to the potential capacity is the économy is operating relative to the potential output?)? The current US unemployment rate...
Problem 3.(36 points) Suppose the natural rate of unemployment equals 5%, and the Phillips curve is given by πt = πte − 0.25(ut − u∗t ). Suppose originally the economy is in the long run equilibrium, in which πte = 4%. 1. Determine unemployment and inflation rates corresponding to the original equilibrium. 2. Draw the Philips curve diagram with SRPC and LRPC. Mark the original long run equilibrium. 3. Suppose now the central bank performs a monetary expansion and raises...
1. Unemployment increases and inflation decreases whenever: a. aggregate demand shifts right b. aggregate demand shifts left c. aggregate supply shifts left d. aggregate supply shifts right 2. Suppose that the output was two hundred million in 2017 and two hundred and ten million in 2018. Then, then the growth rate in GDP between 2017 and 2018 would be? a. 10% b. 5% c. 15% d. 20% 3. Suppose that the unemployment rate exceeds the natural rate, then a. the...
QUESTION 7 When a recessionary gap occurs C a. real output exceeds the natural level of output, and unemployment exceeds its natural rate b, real output exceeds the natural level, and unemployment is less than its natural rate C c.real output is less than the natural level of output, and unemployment exceeds it natural rate C d. real output is less than the natural level of output, and unemployment is less tha its natural rate QUESTION 8 What is a...
Suppose that the natural rate of unemployment is 5% and that the economy is operating at 97.5% of potential output. Use Okun's law to determine the unemployment rate. Show work please
Suppose the economy is operating below potential output. Inflation is 2% and expected inflation is 3%. The unemployment rate is 8% and the natural unemployment rate is 4%. 54. iv. Draw a long-run Phillips curve and a short-run Phillips curve consistent with these conditions w. The government implements expansionary monetary policy. As a result, unemployment decreases to 6% and inflation increases to 2.5%. Expectations however. do not change. Show where the economy is on the graph you drew for (a)...
Suppose that the natural rate of unemployment in a particular
year is 6 percent and the actual rate of unemployment is 9 percent.
Use Okun’s law to determine the size of the GDP gap in
percentage-point terms. If the potential GDP is $500 billion in
that year, how much output is being forgone because of cyclical
unemployment?
Suppose that the natural rate of unemployment in a particular year is 6 percent and the actual rate of unemployment is 9 percent....
Suppose that the natural rate of unemployment in a particular year is 5 percent and the actual rate of unemployment is 9 percent Instructions: Enter your answers as whole numbers. a. Use Okun's law to determine the size of the GDP gap in percentage-point terms. Percent b. If the potential GDP is $500 billion in that year, how much output is being forgone because of cyclical unemployment? C billion
Suppose potential output grows 2 percent per year and the natural rate of unemployment is constant at 6 percent. In 2020, the unemployment rate is 7 percent. a) Assuming Okun's law, what is the output gap in 2020? b) If output grows 5 percent from 2020 to 2021, what is the unemployment rate in 2021?