\nQuestion
\n1. Labor Market Statistics
\nType of statistic
\nNumber (millions)
\nPopulation under the age of 16
\nPopulation over the age of 16
\nRetirees
\nDiscouraged workers
\nFrictionally unemployed
\nStructurally unemployed
\nCyclically unemployed
\na. How many people are in the country’s labor
\nforce?
\nb. What is the labor force participation rate?
\nc. What is the unemployment rate?
\nd. What is the natural unemployment rate?
\ne. What is the rate of cyclical unemployment?<\/p>\n
2. Interest Rates and Inflation<\/p>\n
Year
\n2006
\n2007
\n2008
\n2009<\/p>\n
Expected<\/p>\n
Actual
\n2%
\n1%
\n2%
\n7%<\/p>\n
This table shows inflation and interest rate data
\non loan contracts in different years.
\na. Fill in the ?Real interest rates? column.
\nb. In which year(s) were the actual real interest
\nrates on loan contracts negative?
\nc. In which year(s) did lenders gain at the
\nexpense of borrowers?
\nd. In which year(s) did borrowers gain at the
\nexpense of lenders?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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