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jhjkgdfhk

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on: Jun 30, 2018
What does the GDP gap measure?

Question 2

Unemployment insurance payments act as automatic stabilizers by:
 a. allowing for more consumer spending during prosperity.
  b. making the unemployment rate worse during a recession.
  c. allowing for more consumer spending during a recession.
  d. changing the Phillips curve to a Laffer curve.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 30, 2018
Answer to Question 1

The GDP gap = potential real GDP  actual real GDP. It measures the loss of potential output associated with unemployment which can never be realized (it measures the economic cost of unemployment).

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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