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Yi-Chen · **on:** Jun 30, 2018

Find the BLS's rate of unemployment from the following data: frictional unemployment = 150, structural unemployment = 200, cyclical unemployment = 225, discouraged workers = 25, underemployed workers = 75, fully employed workers = 850, total population = 2,000.
a. 17.5 percent
b. 23.3 percent
c. 24.6 percent
d. 28.8 percent
e. 38.3 percent

Question 2

Contractionary fiscal policy is deliberate government action to influence aggregate demand and the level of real GDP through:
a. expanding and contracting the money supply.
b. encouraging business to expand or contract investment.
c. regulating net exports.
d. decreasing government spending or increasing taxes.