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Suppose that the natural rate of unemployment in a particular year is 5 percent and the actual rate of unemployment is 9 perc
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okun's law states that 1% of Increase in cyclical unemployment is associated with 2% negitive growth rate of GDP.

A) cyclical unemployment=actual unemployment- Natural rate of unemployment=9-5=4

So GDP gap=4*-2=-8%

B) forgone GDP due to cyclical unemployment=5000*0.08=400 billion

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