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When economy is in severe recession firms start lay off workers and Aggregate demand of the economy fall.
But tge government plays the intense role at the time of recession. It increase its expenditure like providing subsidies to the firm so that they have incentives to produce, so that unemployment decreases
and at the time of recession firm will get labour at very cheap wages, so they employ labour and trained them at very low wages and can use them when the recovery stage start.
27. It sometimes happens that during a severe recession the unemployment rate decreases a bit long...
26. Suppose the GDP growth rate is 6 percent and inflation is 2 percent. If the velocity of money remains constant, what is the change in real money balances? 27.It sometimes happens that during a severe recession the unemployment rate decreases a bit long before the economy recovers. Why does that happen?
Suppose from now on that because of a virus, people become afraid of using currency and decide to deposit all the currency in banks, and carry money exclusively in the form of demand deposits. 1. What happens to the money supply? 2.It sometimes happens that during a severe recession the unemployment rate decreases a bit long before the economy recovers. Why does that happen? 3.Consider the Solow model with exogenous growth. Assume that because of global warming the depreciation rate...
The sum of frictional and structural unemployment is the: amount of unemployment in an economy during a recession. cyclical amount of unemployment. actual unemployment level. natural rate of unemployment.
A Briefly explain why the shape of the SRAS curve is relatively flat during severe recession and increasingly slopes upward as the economy reaches full employment and beyond. Explain why AD curve slopes downward.
Now graph the unemployment rate (FRED code: UNRATE). Describe how the unemployment rate moves during a recession. What about just after a recession? Is the behavior the same in all the recessions?
a) Find the time series data (quarterly or monthly) on the unemployment rate, inflation rate and real GDP growth in the U.S. from 1980 to 2005, and discuss whether the Okun’s Law is valid or not. Then, discuss whether the Phillips curve exists in the U.S. economy (you have to report your data source and or the website). b) Which recession is most severe in terms of its depth and the duration of unemployment? c) Why unemployment rises when the...
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During the Great Recession, the unemployment rate peaked at ________ percent. a. 6.7 b. 9.5 c. 12.1 d. 10 e. 25.8
1. To stimulate economic activity during a severe recession, the strongest appropriate fiscal policy is: a. an increase in taxes and/or an increase in government spending b. an increase in taxes and/or a decrease in government spending c. a decrease in taxes and/or an increase in government spending d. a decrease in taxes and/or a decrease in government spending e. a decrease in government purchases and/or a decrease in transfer payments 2. An increase in income tax rates: a. makes...
If the economy is at the natural rate of unemployment with the level of real GDP at potential output, what would expansionary fiscal or monetary policy do to the economy? How would the economy be effected in the short run and long run? Does the Phillips Curve theory explain what happens?