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Macroeconomics, 12e (Parkin)
Chapter 5 Monitoring Jobs and Inflation
1 Employment and Unemployment
1) The working-age population is defined as the number of

A) people over the age of 16 who are not in jail, hospital, or other institution.
B) people who have a job.
C) people working full-time jobs who are over the age of 16.
D) people looking for work.
Answer: A
Topic: Population Survey
Skill: Recognition
AACSB: Reflective thinking
2) The working-age population can be divided into two groups

A) people in the labor force and people looking for work.
B) people in the labor force and people with a job.
C) people looking for work and those in the armed forces.
D) people in the labor force and people who are not in the labor force.
Answer: D
Skill: Recognition
3) The total number of people aged 16 years and over who are not institutionalized ________.
A) equals the number of employed plus unemployed
B) is the working-age population
C) does not include students
D) is the labor force
Answer: B
Topic: Working Age Population
Skill: Recognition
4) Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?

A) The labor force is equal to the number of people employed plus the number of people
unemployed.
B) The working age population includes everyone over the age of 16.
C) The unemployment rate is the number of persons who are unemployed divided by the labor
force then times 100.
D) The labor-force participation rate is the labor force divided by the working-age population
then times 100.
Answer: B
Skill: Recognition
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5) Which of the following is NOT included in the working-age population?
A) discouraged workers
B) people waiting to be called back to a job after being laid off
C) retirees under the age of 55
D) people in prison
Answer: D
Skill: Recognition
6) All people in the working-age population can be divided into

A) labor force participants.
B) employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force.
C) either over-employed or under-employed.
D) potential employees.
Answer: B
Skill: Recognition
7) Suppose the working age population in Tiny Town is 100 people. If 25 of these people are
NOT in the labor force, the ________ equals ________.
A) unemployment rate; 25/100 × 100
B) unemployment rate; 25/75 × 100
C) labor force; 75
D) labor force; 25/100 × 100
Answer: C
Skill: Conceptual
AACSB: Analytical thinking
8) The labor force is the sum of the

A) working-age population and the number of unemployed people.
B) number of employed people and the working-age population.
C) number of employed people and the number of unemployed people.
D) total population and the number of unemployed people.
Answer: C
Topic: Labor Force
Skill: Recognition
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9) The labor force is defined as
A) people with full time jobs.
B) workers with jobs and unemployed workers.
C) all people capable of work.
D) All of the above answers are correct.
Answer: B
Topic: Labor Force
Skill: Recognition
10) The ________ equals the number of ________.

A) labor force; persons over 16 years old
B) labor force; unemployed and employed persons
C) working age population; employed persons
D) unemployment rate; people unemployed
Answer: B
Topic: Labor Force
Skill: Recognition
11) The labor force is defined as people

A) who have a job or are looking for a job.
B) in the working-age population who have a job.
C) in the working-age population who have a full time job.
D) who are 16 years of age or older.
Answer: A
Topic: Labor Force
Skill: Recognition
12) Which population category equals the sum of employed and unemployed people?
A) working-age population
B) labor force
C) young and institutionalized
D) not in the labor force
Answer: B
Topic: Labor Force
Skill: Recognition
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13) The ________ is the total number of people aged 16 years and older (and not in jail, hospital
or institutional care) while the ________ is the number of people employed and the unemployed.
A) labor force; working-age population
B) labor force participation rate; labor force
C) working-age population; labor force
D) working-age population; labor force participation rate
Answer: C
Topic: Labor Force
Skill: Recognition
14) The labor force is defined as the number of

A) people 16 and over.
B) unemployed people.
C) people with jobs, both part-time and full-time.
D) people who are employed and unemployed.
Answer: D
Topic: Labor Force
Skill: Recognition
15) The labor force is defined as the

A) number of people over 16 years of age.
B) number of people who are working.
C) sum of employed and unemployed people.
D) number of people in blue-collar jobs.
Answer: C
Topic: Labor Force
Skill: Recognition
16) The labor force is defined as the

A) number of employed people plus the number of unemployed people.
B) number of people who are working.
C) number of people who are working in labor-type jobs.
D) number of union members who are working.
Answer: A
Topic: Labor Force
Skill: Recognition
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17) The labor force includes
A) only the number of people employed.
B) discouraged workers.
C) only the number of people unemployed.
D) both employed and unemployed workers.
Answer: D
Topic: Labor Force
Skill: Recognition
18) The labor force is defined as the number of people who

A) are employed plus the number of people who are unemployed.
B) are available and looking for work but are unable to find employment.
C) would like to have a job but have stopped seeking work.
D) would like to have a full-time job but are working part-time.
Answer: A
Topic: Labor Force
Skill: Recognition
19) Full-time students and prisoners are ________.

A) not in the labor force
B) in the labor force
C) counted as discouraged workers
D) counted as unemployed
Answer: A
Topic: Labor Force
Skill: Recognition
20) Which of the following is NOT considered to be in the labor force?

A) a student who works part-time
B) a person who is not working but who has tried to find a job in the past week
C) a person who is waiting to start a new job in the next 30 days
D) a person who is not working and who has not tried to find a job
Answer: D
Topic: Labor Force
Skill: Conceptual
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21) In an economy, 42 million people are in the labor force, 38 million are employed, and 47
million are of working age. How many people are not in the labor force?
A) 19 percent
B) 9 million
C) 5 million
D) 4 million
Answer: C
Topic: Labor Force
Skill: Analytical
22) If the number of people unemployed is 100, the number of people employed is 1000, and the
working-age population is 1400, then the labor force is
A) 1000.
B) 1100.
C) 1400.
D) 1500.
Answer: B
Topic: Labor Force
Skill: Analytical
23) The official U-3 unemployment rate

A) includes persons without a job who have made efforts in the last week to find a job.
B) includes persons without a job, whether they are actively searching for work or not.
C) counts discouraged workers as unemployed.
D) counts people with part-time jobs who want full-time jobs as unemployed.
Answer: A
Topic: Unemployment
Skill: Recognition
24) The official U-3 unemployment rate includes the total number of people who
A) have jobs or are currently looking for jobs.
B) are available and looking for work but unable to find employment.
C) would like to have a job but have stopped seeking work.
D) would like to have a full-time job but are working part-time.
Answer: B
Topic: Unemployment
Skill: Analytical
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25) Which of the following people would be counted as is employed in the Current Population
Survey?
A) Rich, who is working 20 hours a week but wants a full-time job
B) Misty, who just quit her job to return full-time to school
C) April, who just graduated from college and is looking for work
D) Jason, who was laid off from work less than 6 months ago but who has stopped looking for
work
Answer: A
Topic: Unemployment
Skill: Conceptual
26) Which of the following best fits the definition of unemployed?

A) retired and not working
B) working less than a full work week
C) not working but looking for a job
D) not working and not looking for work
Answer: C
Topic: Unemployment
Skill: Conceptual
27) Using the definition of unemployment, which of the following individuals would be
unemployed?
A) A full-time student quits school, enters the labor market for the first time, and searches for
employment.
B) Because of the increased level of automobile imports, an employee of General Motors is laid
off but expects to be called back to work soon.
C) Because of a reduction in the military budget, your next door neighbor loses her job in a plant
where nuclear warheads are made and must look for a new job.
D) All of these individuals are unemployed.
Answer: D
Skill: Conceptual
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28) Which of the following people would be considered unemployed by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics?
I. Mrs. X retires from her job at the age of 55 and does not look for another job.
II. Mr. Y was laid off from his job as a welder, but expects to be rehired in 8 months.
A) I only
B) II only
C) both I and II
D) neither I nor II
Answer: B
Topic: Unemployment
Skill: Conceptual
29) Using the official measure of unemployment, which of the following people is considered
unemployed?
A) a part-time worker who wishes to work full time
B) a person who gave up looking for jobs because he or she was discouraged about his or her job
prospects
C) a person who has been searching for work, but turns down a job paying a lower wage rate
than desired
D) a person who is working but expects to be laid off at the end of the month
Answer: C
Topic: Unemployment
Skill: Conceptual
30) Using the official measure of unemployment, which of the following would NOT be counted
as unemployed?
A) a person who is not working but who has tried to find a job in the past week
B) a person who is waiting to be called back to a job after having been laid off
C) a person who performs traditional housework and does not work outside the home for pay
D) a person who is waiting to start a new job in the next 30 days
Answer: C
Topic: Unemployment
Skill: Conceptual
31) The unemployment rate is the ________ who are unemployed.

A) number of people in the labor force
B) percentage of people in the labor force
C) percentage of people in the country
D) percentage of the working-age population
Answer: B
Topic: Unemployment Rate
Skill: Recognition
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32) The unemployment rate is calculated as
A) [(labor force) ÷ (population)] × 100.
B) [(unemployment) ÷ (population)] × 100.
C) [(unemployment) ÷ (labor force)] × 100.
D) [(labor force) ÷ (unemployment)] × 100.
Answer: C
Skill: Recognition
33) The unemployment rate equals

A) (number of people employed/working age population) × 100.
B) (number of people unemployed/labor force) × 100.
C) (labor force/working age population) × 100.
D) (number of people employed/number of people age 16 and over) × 100.
Answer: B
Skill: Recognition
34) The unemployment rate equals the number of

A) unemployed workers multiplied by 100.
B) unemployed workers divided by the population then multiplied by 100.
C) unemployed workers divided by the number of employed workers then multiplied by 100.
D) unemployed workers divided by the labor force then multiplied by 100.
Answer: D
Skill: Recognition

A) (the number of unemployed workers)/(the number of employed + unemployed workers) ×
100.
B) (the number of unemployed workers)/(the civilian population) × 100.
C) (the number of unemployed workers)/(the U.S. population older than 16 years of age) × 100.
D) (the number of unemployed + employed workers)/(U.S. population older than 16 years of
age) × 100.
Answer: A
Skill: Recognition
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A) the total number of people without jobs in a given period.
B) the percentage of the population not currently employed.
C) the rate of change in unemployment figures from one period to another.
D) the percentage of the labor force currently unemployed.
Answer: D
Skill: Recognition
37) The unemployment rate is found by dividing the number of unemployed people by the
A) number of working individuals, and multiplying by 100.
B) number of the working-age population, and multiplying by 100.
C) sum of working individuals plus unemployed workers, and multiplying by 100.
D) number in the labor force, and dividing by 100.
Answer: C
Skill: Recognition
38) The ________ is calculated as the number of people ________ divided by the labor force
multiplied by 100.
A) unemployment rate; unemployed
B) employment-to-population ratio; unemployed
C) employment rate; employed
D) employment-to-population ratio; in the working age population
Answer: A
Skill: Recognition
39) The unemployment rate is defined as the

A) number of people not working.
B) percentage of the population not working.
C) percentage of the labor force not working.
D) percentage of the working-age population not working.
Answer: C
Skill: Recognition
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40) The unemployment rate is measured as
A) the number of people that want to work but cannot find jobs out of the entire population.
B) the percentage of people in the labor force who are unemployed.
C) an indicator to determine long-term economic growth.
D) an indicator for potential inflation.
Answer: B
Topic: Unemployment
Skill: Recognition
41) To calculate the unemployment rate, which of the following are necessary pieces of
information?
I. the number of unemployed persons
II. the population
III. the number of people in the labor force
IV. the working age population
A) I, II III and IV
B) I and II
C) I and III
D) I and IV
Answer: C
Skill: Recognition
42) The unemployment rate measures the percentage of

A) people who want full-time jobs, but can't find them.
B) the working-age population who can't find a job.
C) people in the labor force who can't find a job.
D) the working age population that can't find a full-time job.
Answer: C
Skill: Conceptual
43) Which labor market statistic tends rise during recessions and fall during expansions?
A) the unemployment rate
B) the labor-force participation rate
C) the employment-to-population ratio
D) aggregate hours
Answer: A
Skill: Conceptual
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44) Suppose the population of Tiny Town is 100 people and the working age population is 70. If
10 of these people are unemployed, the unemployment rate in Tiny Town is
A) 10 percent.
B) 10/70 × 100.
C) 10/80 × 100.
D) There is not enough information provided to calculate the unemployment rate.
Answer: D
Skill: Analytical
45) The population of Tiny Town is 100 people and the labor force is made up of 75 people. If 5
of these people are unemployed, the unemployment rate is
A) 5/100 × 100.
B) 5/80 × 100.
C) 5/75 × 100.
D) There is not enough information provided to calculate the unemployment rate.
Answer: C
Skill: Analytical
46) Based on the following data for the country of Tiny Town, the unemployment rate equals
Population = 100
Labor force = 80
Number of employed persons = 70
Number of discouraged workers = 5
A) 10/100 × 100.
B) 10/80 × 100.
C) 15/80 × 100.
D) 5/70 × 100.
Answer: B
Skill: Analytical
47) In an economy, 23 million people are employed and 2 million are unemployed, but 5 million
part-time workers would prefer full-time work. What is the unemployment rate?
A) 23.2 percent
B) 6.7 percent
C) 8 percent
D) 25 percent
Answer: C
Skill: Analytical
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48) Suppose that the total labor force is 100 individuals with 10 unemployed. The unemployment
rate is ________. Now assume that 10 people drop out of the labor force and that 10 remain
unemployed. The new unemployment rate is ________.
A) 9 percent; 10 percent
B) 10 percent; 9 percent
C) 10 percent; 11 percent
D) 11 percent; 10 percent
Answer: C
Topic: Unemployment
Skill: Analytical
49) Which of the following decreases the official U-3 unemployment rate?
A) Workers leave the labor force.
B) More women enter the labor force and seek jobs.
C) Young people graduate from college and start to look for their first full-time job.
D) None of the above because they all increase or do not change the unemployment rate.
Answer: A
Skill: Analytical
50) During a recession, people drop out of the labor force because they are unable to find a job.
All else the same, this
A) increases the official U-3 unemployment rate.
B) decreases the official U-3 unemployment rate.
C) does not change the official U-3 unemployment rate.
D) increases the official U-3 unemployment rate and the labor force participation rate.
Answer: B
Skill: Conceptual
51) In September 2014, the official U-3 unemployment rate dropped from 6.1 percent to 5.9
percent. This change could have been caused by
A) unemployed workers giving up looking for a job.
B) part-time workers getting a full-time job.
C) full-time workers becoming part-time workers.
D) workers who had previously given up looking for a job starting to look again.
Answer: A
Skill: Analytical
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52) In the United States in 1996, the population was 265.5 million and the working age
population was 200.6 million. There were 133.9 million people in the labor force and 126.7 of
them were employed. The unemployment rate equaled ________.
A) 7.2 percent
B) 5.4 percent
C) 3.6 percent
D) 33 percent
Answer: B
Skill: Analytical
53) Suppose there are 100 million in the labor force, and 6 million unemployed people. During
the next month, 200,000 people lose their jobs and 300,000 find jobs. The new total of employed
persons is ________ and the new unemployment rate is ________.
A) 100.1 million; 5.8 percent
B) 100 million; 6.1 percent
C) 94.1 million; 5.9 percent
D) 93.9 million; 6.1 percent
Answer: C
Skill: Analytical
54) Suppose the working-age population is 220 million, the labor force is 150 million, and the
unemployment rate is 10 percent. The number of unemployed people is
A) 15 million.
B) 22 million.
C) 37 million.
D) 7 million.
Answer: A
Skill: Analytical
55) Suppose initially that the working-age population is 220 million, the labor force is 150
million, and the official U-3 unemployment rate is 10 percent. 5 million new jobs are created and
filled by 5 million people who had previously been discouraged workers. What is the new U-3
unemployment rate?
A) 6.25 percent
B) 6.7 percent
C) 9.7 percent
D) 8.7 percent
Answer: C
Skill: Analytical
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56) Between September 2013 and September 2014 the number of discouraged workers decreased
from 852,000 to 698,000. Assuming the change resulted from discouraged workers starting to
make specific efforts to find a job again, this change creates
A) an increase to the U-3 unemployment rate.
B) a decrease to the U-3 unemployment rate.
C) no change to the U-3 unemployment rate.
D) a decrease in the labor force participation rate.
Answer: A
Skill: Analytical
57) Between September 2013 and September 2014 the number of economic part-time workers
decreased from 7.9 million to 7.1 million. Assuming the change resulted from economic part-
time workers transitioning to full-time jobs, this change created
A) no change to the U-3 unemployment rate.
B) a decrease to the U-3 unemployment rate.
C) an increase to the U-3 unemployment rate.
D) an increase in the employment-to-population ratio.
Answer: A
Skill: Analytical
working-age population is 1400, then the unemployment rate is
A) 6.6 percent.
B) 10 percent.
C) 9.1 percent.
D) 7.1 percent.
Answer: C
Skill: Analytical
59) Suppose the population is 220 million people, the labor force is 150 million people, the
number of people employed is 130 million and the working-age population is 175 million
people. What is the unemployment rate?
A) 9.0 percent
B) 13.3 percent
C) 11.4 percent
D) 15.4 percent
Answer: B
Skill: Analytical
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60) Suppose there are currently 100 people unemployed, 1500 people employed, 1600 people in
the labor force, and 2000 people in the working age population. The unemployment rate equals
100 times
A) 100/1500.
B) 100/1600.
C) 100/2000.
D) 1500/2000.
Answer: B
Skill: Analytical
61) If the population is 300 million, with 70 million under the age of 16 and institutionalized,
another 70 million not in the labor force, 10 million unemployed and 150 million employed, the
unemployment rate is
A) 23.3 percent.
B) 6.7 percent.
C) 6.25 percent.
D) 26.7 percent.
Answer: C
Skill: Analytical
62) Suppose the current unemployment rate is 5 percent, the labor force is 400 million people,
the labor force participation rate is 80 percent and the working-age population is 500 million
people. What number of people are unemployed?
A) 100 million people
B) 25 million people
C) 20 million people
D) 5 million people
Answer: C
Skill: Analytical
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Person A Now that the kids are in school for a full day, this person is
looking for work and has interviewed for three jobs during
the past two weeks.
Person B This person has been laid off from a job but expects to be
called back as soon as the economy improves.
Person C This person has just graduated from college and will start a
new job in three weeks. In the meantime this person will
tour the great American beaches.
Person D This person was laid off last year when new equipment was
installed at the plant, reducing the number of workers
needed. Shortly after being laid off, this person looked for a
new job, was unable to find one and then stopped looking,
even though this person still wants a job and is available
for work.
63) The above table shows answers given by people interviewed in a government survey of
households. Which individuals are considered to be a part of the labor force?
A) C and D
B) B, C, and D
C) A, C, and D
D) A, B, and C
Answer: D
Skill: Conceptual
households. Which individuals are considered unemployed using the official U-3 unemployment
rate?
A) A, B, and C
B) B, C, and D
C) A, C, and D
D) C and D
Answer: A
Skill: Conceptual
84
households. Which individual or individuals are considered marginally attached?
A) A
B) B, C, and D
C) A and D
D) D
Answer: D
Topic: Marginally Attached Workers
Skill: Conceptual
Not working Want to work but

Total Currently
and looking no longer looking
population employed
for work for work
(millions) (millions)
80 40 2 4
66) In the table above, the size of the labor force is

A) 80 million.
B) 46 million.
C) 42 million.
D) 40 million.
Answer: C
Topic: Labor Force
Skill: Analytical
67) In the table above, the number of people officially unemployed is ________.
A) 40 million
B) 6 million
C) 4 million
D) 2 million
Answer: D
Skill: Analytical
68) In the table above, the official U-3 unemployment rate is

A) 50 percent.
B) 15 percent.
C) 10 percent.
D) 5 percent.
Answer: D
Skill: Analytical
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69) In the table above, the number of marginally attached workers is ________.
A) 40 million
B) 6 million
C) 2 million
D) 4 million
Answer: D
Skill: Analytical
70) The employment-to-population ratio equals

A) (labor force)/(working-age population) × 100.
B) (number of people employed)/(labor force) × 100.
C) (number of people with full-time jobs)/(labor force) × 100.
D) (number of people employed)/(working-age population) × 100.
Answer: D
Topic: Employment-to-Population Ratio
Skill: Recognition
71) The employment-to-population ratio is defined as

A) total employment divided by labor hours then multiplied by 100.
B) the labor force divided by the working-age population then multiplied by 100.
C) total employment divided by the labor force then multiplied by 100.
D) total employment divided by the working-age population then multiplied by 100.
Answer: D
Skill: Recognition
72) The employment-to-population ratio is equal to the number of

A) unemployed people divided by the total population then multiplied by 100.
B) employed people divided by the working-age population then multiplied by 100.
C) employed people divided by the total population then multiplied by 100.
D) unemployed people divided by the working age population then multiplied by 100.
Answer: B
Skill: Recognition
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73) The percentage of people employed aged 16 years and older divided by the working-age
population is known as the
A) employment rate.
B) employment-to-population ratio.
C) labor force participation rate.
D) working-age population ratio.
Answer: B
Skill: Recognition
74) The percentage of the people of working age who have jobs is called the ________.
A) labor force
B) inverse of the unemployment rate
C) employment-to-population ratio
D) employment-to-working-age-population ratio
Answer: C
Skill: Recognition
75) From September 2013 to September 2014, the employment-to-population ratio increased
from 58.6 percent to 59.0 percent. This change could have been the result of
A) a decrease in the working-age population.
B) unemployed workers becoming part-time workers.
C) unemployed workers becoming discouraged workers.
D) discouraged workers starting to look for jobs again.
Answer: A
Skill: Analytical
76) In an economy, 43 million people are employed, 3 million are unemployed, and 4 million are
not in the labor force. What is the employment-to-population ratio?
A) 86 percent
B) 92 percent
C) 93 percent
D) 6.5 percent
Answer: B
Skill: Analytical
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77) Suppose the number of people employed is 25 million and the number of people in the labor
force is 75 million. What is the employment-to-population ratio?
A) 33 percent
B) 25 percent
C) 75 percent
D) There is not enough information given to answer the question.
Answer: D
Skill: Analytical
working-age population is 1400, then the employment-to-population ratio is
A) 78.6 percent.
B) 75 percent.
C) 71.4 percent.
D) 66.6 percent.
Answer: C
Skill: Analytical
another 70 million not in the labor force, 10 million unemployed, and 150 million employed, the
employment-to-population rate is
A) 53.3 percent.
B) 65.2 percent.
C) 46.7 percent.
D) 87.5 percent.
Answer: B
Skill: Analytical
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80) Based on the following data for the country of Tiny Town, the employment-to-population
ratio equals ________ multiplied by 100.
Population = 200
Working age population = 100
Labor Force = 90
Number of employed persons = 75
A) 90/100.
B) 75/200
C) 90/200.
D) 75/100.
Answer: D
Skill: Analytical
81) From 1980 to 2000 the employment-to-population ratio generally ________ and from 2000
to 2014 the ratio generally ________.
A) increased; decreased
B) decreased; decreased
C) increased; increased
D) decreased; increased
Answer: A
Skill: Recognition
Not working Want to work but

Total Currently
and looking no longer looking
population employed
for work for work
80 40 2 4
82) The labor force participation rate is the ratio of

A) (the labor force divided by the working-age population) multiplied by 100.
B) (the number of unemployed divided by the working-age population) multiplied by 100.
C) (the labor force divided by the total population) multiplied by 100.
D) (the number of unemployed divided by the labor force) multiplied by 100.
Answer: A
Topic: Labor Force Participation Rate
Skill: Recognition
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83) The labor force participation rate is calculated as the
A) labor force divided by the number of persons employed then multiplied by 100.
B) number of persons unemployed divided by the labor force then multiplied by 100.
C) labor force divided by the unemployment rate then multiplied by 100.
D) labor force divided by the working age population then multiplied by 100.
Answer: D
Skill: Recognition
84) The labor force participation rate is percentage of the ________ who are in the labor force.
A) people under age 65
B) working-age population
C) people over age 16
D) population
Answer: B
Skill: Recognition
85) The labor force participation rate shows the percentage of

A) people not working, but who want to work.
B) people who are not actively participating in meaningful economic activity.
C) new entrants into the labor force.
D) non-institutionalized working-age people who are actually working or seeking employment.
Answer: D
Skill: Recognition
86) From 1980 to 2000 the labor force participation rate generally ________ and from 2000 to
2014 the rate generally ________.
A) increased; decreased
B) decreased; decreased
C) increased; increased
D) decreased; increased
Answer: A
Skill: Recognition
90
87) Which of the following pieces of information do you need to calculate the labor force
participation rate?
I. the number of employed persons
II. the number of unemployed persons
III. the population
IV. the working age population
A) I and II
B) I and III
C) I, II and III
D) I, II and IV
Answer: D
Skill: Recognition
88) If the people who take early retirement are not counted in the working-age population, then
A) the unemployment rate would be lower.
B) the labor force participation rate would be less.
C) the unemployment rate would be higher.
D) the labor force participation rate would be higher.
Answer: D
Skill: Conceptual
89) In September 2014, the labor force participation rate fell from 62.8 percent to 62.7 percent.
This change could have been caused by
A) unemployed workers giving up looking for a job.
B) full-time workers becoming part-time workers.
C) unemployed workers getting full-time jobs.
D) discouraged workers starting to look for jobs again.
Answer: A
Skill: Analytical
90) In an economy, 40 million people are employed, 2 million are unemployed, and 8 million are
not in the labor force. What is the labor force participation rate?
A) 83 percent
B) 84 percent
C) 80 percent
D) 87.5 percent
Answer: B
Skill: Analytical
91
91) If the labor force participation rate is rising and the working-age population is not changing,
then the
A) size of the labor force is rising.
B) number of unemployed people is rising and the size of the labor force is falling.
C) size of the labor force is falling.
D) number of unemployed people is falling and the size of the labor force is rising.
Answer: A
Skill: Analytical
92) Suppose the labor force in Tiny Town is 100 people. If the ________ in Tiny Town is 150
people, the labor force participation rate equals ________ multiplied by 100.
A) working age population; 100/150
B) working age population; 100/250
C) number of employed persons; 100/250
D) number of employed persons; 100/150
Answer: A
Skill: Conceptual
93) Suppose there are currently 100 people unemployed, 1500 people employed, and 2000
people in the working age population. The labor force participation rate equals 100 times
A) 100/1500.
B) 100/1600.
C) 1500/2000.
D) 1600/2000.
Answer: D
Skill: Analytical
working-age population is 1400, then the labor force participation rate is
A) 78.6 percent.
B) 71.4 percent.
C) 64.3 percent.
D) 66.6 percent.
Answer: A
Skill: Analytical
92
people. What is the labor force participation rate?
A) 0.68 percent
B) 68 percent
C) 85.7 percent
D) 86.7 percent
Answer: C
Skill: Analytical
another 70 million not in the labor force, 10 million unemployed and 150 million employed, the
labor force participation rate is
A) 69.6 percent.
B) 23.3 percent.
C) 6.67 percent.
D) 50 percent.
Answer: A
Skill: Analytical
Number
Category
(millions)
Discouraged workers 15
Unemployed workers 40
Employed workers 100
Population (16 years and
225
over)
97) In the above table, the working age population is

A) 225 million.
B) 100 million.
C) 140 million.
D) 155 million.
Answer: A
Skill: Analytical
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98) In the above table, the size of the labor force is
A) 210 million.
B) 155 million.
C) 140 million.
D) 100 million.
Answer: C
Skill: Analytical
99) In the above table, the unemployment rate is

A) 6 percent.
B) 24 percent.
C) 18 percent.
D) 29 percent.
Answer: D
Skill: Analytical
100) In the above table, the labor force participation rate is

A) 55 percent.
B) 44 percent.
C) 62 percent.
D) 69 percent.
Answer: C
Skill: Analytical
101) In the above table, the employment-to-population ratio is

A) 51 percent.
B) 42 percent.
C) 62 percent.
D) 44 percent.
Answer: D
Skill: Analytical
94
102) In the above table, the number of marginally attached workers is
A) 40 million.
B) 55 million.
C) 15 million.
D) 100 million.
Answer: C
Skill: Analytical
Number of people
Component
(millions)
Under 16 50
Working full-time 90
Working part-time 30
Retired 40
Unemployed 5
103) Using the data in the above table, the unemployment rate is
A) 4.0 percent.
B) 4.16 percent.
C) 5.55 percent.
D) 28.0 percent.
Answer: A
Skill: Analytical
104) Using the data in the above table, the labor force is ________ million.
A) 215
B) 120
C) 125
D) 165
Answer: C
Topic: Labor Force
Skill: Analytical
95
105) Using the data in the above table, the labor force participation rate is
A) 66 percent.
B) 58.1 percent.
C) 75.7 percent.
D) 96.0 percent.
Answer: C
Skill: Analytical
Number of
Component
people
Total population 2600
Working-age population 2000
Not in labor force 500
Employed 1300
106) Using the information in the table above, calculate the number of people in the labor force.
A) 2500
B) 2100
C) 1500
D) 800
Answer: C
Topic: Labor Force
Skill: Analytical
107) Using the information in the table above, calculate the unemployment rate.
A) 53.3 percent
B) 30.8 percent
C) 13.3 percent
D) 7.7 percent
Answer: C
Skill: Analytical
108) Using the information in the table above, calculate the employment-to-population ratio.
A) 75 percent
B) 65 percent
C) 50 percent
D) 23.2 percent
Answer: B
Skill: Analytical
96
Number of people
Component
(millions)
Labor force 139
Employed 133
Unemployed 6
109) Using the information in the above table, the unemployment rate is
A) 4.5 percent.
B) 4.3 percent.
C) 2.8 percent.
D) 6.0 percent.
Answer: B
Skill: Analytical
110) The labor force participation rate is

A) 67.1 percent.
B) 64.0 percent.
C) 95.7 percent.
D) 56 percent.
Answer: A
Skill: Analytical
111) The employment-to-population ratio is

A) 67 percent.
B) 64 percent.
C) 50 percent.
D) 62 percent.
Answer: B
Skill: Analytical
97
112) An individual who has stopped looking for a job but has looked in the past and still wants a
job is referred to as
A) a contingent worker.
B) a productive worker.
C) a marginally attached worker.
D) an unemployed worker.
Answer: C
Skill: Recognition
113) An individual who has stopped looking for a job because he is convinced that he cannot
find a job is referred to as
A) a contingent worker.
B) a productive worker.
C) a discouraged worker.
D) an unemployed worker.
Answer: C
Topic: Discouraged Workers
Skill: Recognition
114) A discouraged worker ________ counted as officially unemployed and ________ counted
as in the labor force.
A) is; is
B) is; is not
C) is not; is
D) is not; is not
Answer: D
Skill: Recognition
115) Discouraged workers ________ counted as officially unemployed because they ________.
A) are; are not working
B) are; are still in the labor force
C) are not; are not qualified to work
D) are not; are not actively seeking work
Answer: D
Skill: Conceptual
98
116) During a recession, the ________.
A) number of discouraged workers decreases
B) unemployment rate decreases
C) employment-to-population ratio increases
D) number of marginally attached workers increases
Answer: D
Skill: Conceptual
117) Including marginally attached workers in the calculation of the unemployment rate would
A) increase the reported rate.
B) lower the reported rate.
C) not change the reported rate.
D) change the reported rate, but in an unpredictable manner.
Answer: A
Skill: Conceptual
118) When an individual who has not been working but has been looking for work decides to
terminate the search process, the official unemployment rate
A) will fall.
B) will rise.
C) will remain unchanged.
D) may fall or rise depending on whether or not the individual resumes his education.
Answer: A
Skill: Conceptual
119) Marginally attached workers fall into which of the following population categories?
A) employed
B) unemployed
C) labor force
D) not in the labor force
Answer: D
Skill: Conceptual
99
120) In September 2014, 32 percent of unemployed workers had been unemployed for 6 months
or more. This long-term unemployment is of particular concern because
A) long-term unemployment is the most costly type of unemployment.
B) the U-3 unemployment rate no longer includes these workers in the measurement since they
are long-term unemployed.
C) the employment-to-population ratio no longer includes these workers in the measurement
since they are long-term unemployed.
D) the labor force participation rate no longer includes these workers in the measurement since
they are long-term unemployed.
Answer: A
Topic: Long-Term Unemployment
Skill: Conceptual
121) Who of the following is counted as unemployed?

A) Rene, a retired chemist
B) Homer, a full-time student at a vocational school
C) Kim, a worker on strike from her company for a week
D) Glenn, a student who just graduated from college last week and is currently looking for a job
Answer: D
Topic: Study Guide Question, Population Survey
Skill: Recognition
122) In a country with a working-age population of 150 million, 120 million workers are
employed and 10 million workers are unemployed. What is the size of the labor force?
A) 150 million
B) 130 million
C) 120 million
D) 10 million
Answer: B
Skill: Conceptual
employed and 40 million workers are unemployed. What is the labor force participation rate?
A) 100 percent
B) 90 percent
C) 65 percent
D) 5 percent
Answer: B
Skill: Conceptual
100
employed and 5 million workers are unemployed. What is the labor force participation rate?
A) 70 percent
B) 5 percent
C) 75 percent
D) 7 percent
Answer: C
Topic: Study Guide Question, Labor Force Participation Rate
Skill: Conceptual
employed and 10 million workers are unemployed. What is the unemployment rate?
A) 5.0 percent
B) 7.1 percent
C) 7.7 percent
D) 10.0 percent
Answer: D
Topic: Study Guide Question, Unemployment Rate
Skill: Conceptual
2 Unemployment and Full Employment
1) Bob inherits a large sum of money from his dead uncle's estate. Bob decides to retire young,
so he quits his job and heads to the Bahamas. Bob is an example of
A) frictional unemployment.
B) structural unemployment.
C) cyclical unemployment.
D) None of the above is correct.
Answer: D
Topic: Unemployment
Skill: Conceptual
2) The three types of unemployment are

A) voluntary, involuntary, and structural.
B) voluntary, part-time, and cyclical.
C) frictional, part-time, and involuntary.
D) frictional, structural, and cyclical.
Answer: D
Topic: Unemployment
Skill: Recognition
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3) Frictional unemployment
A) includes discouraged workers.
B) is voluntary part-time unemployment.
C) is unemployment associated normal labor turnover.
D) is unemployment associated with declining industries.
Answer: C
Topic: Frictional Unemployment
Skill: Recognition
4) Frictional unemployment is
A) unemployment associated with business cycle recessions.
B) unemployment associated with the changing of jobs in a changing economy.
C) long-term unemployment.
D) unemployment associated with declining industries.
Answer: B
Skill: Recognition
5) This type of unemployment reflects the normal amount of unemployed workers who possess
skills that will enable them to find another job.
A) cyclical unemployment
B) frictional unemployment
C) structural unemployment
D) None of the above answers is correct.
Answer: B
Skill: Recognition
6) Frictional unemployment includes

A) unemployment caused by normal labor turnover associated with people leaving and entering
the labor force.
B) unemployment caused by industries moving overseas to better meet foreign competition.
C) unemployment caused by a lack of education so that workers do not possess necessary job
skills.
D) unemployment caused by automation of the work place that displaces unskilled workers.
Answer: A
Skill: Recognition
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7) Unemployment caused by the normal labor turnover is called ________ unemployment.
A) part-time
B) frictional
C) involuntary
D) cyclical
Answer: B
Topic: Unemployment Types
Skill: Recognition
8) Frictional unemployment is the result of

A) technological change or foreign competition.
B) normal labor market turnover.
C) a slowdown in the rate of economic expansion.
D) irresponsible workers with poor work habits.
Answer: B
Skill: Recognition
9) Which of the following CORRECTLY describes "frictional unemployment"?

A) Frictional unemployment is due mainly to job losers.
B) Frictional unemployment is due mainly to job leavers.
C) Frictional unemployment occurs mainly during recessions.
D) Frictional unemployment is a normal occurrence in a growing economy.
Answer: D
Skill: Recognition
10) Frictional unemployment comes about because of

A) friction between labor and management.
B) a mismatch between skills and available jobs.
C) normal labor market turnover.
D) a general economic slowdown.
Answer: C
Skill: Recognition
103
11) The type of unemployment created by the normal rate of reentry and entry into the labor
force is
D) seasonal unemployment.
Answer: A
Skill: Recognition
12) Unemployment caused by people voluntarily leaving their jobs is classified as

A) part-time unemployment.
B) cyclical unemployment.
C) frictional unemployment.
D) seasonal unemployment.
Answer: C
Skill: Recognition
13) Suppose the country of Tiny Town experienced frictional unemployment. This frictional
unemployment would
A) definitely signal that the country is in a recession.
B) be considered a natural occurrence in a growing economy.
C) signal that there are more job leavers than job losers.
D) signal that the number of discouraged workers is growing.
Answer: B
Skill: Conceptual
14) When an individual is frictionally unemployed, the unemployment arises in part from
A) a short-term elimination of jobs because of a slowdown in business activity.
B) individuals searching for appropriate employment.
C) the permanent elimination of jobs because of a change in the structure of the economy.
D) a reduction in the overall demand for workers' skills.
Answer: B
Skill: Conceptual
104
15) Frictional unemployment increases when
A) real GDP decreases and the unemployment rate rises.
B) the number of workers who quit one job to find another increases.
C) discouraged workers drop out of the work force.
D) workers are replaced by machines and the unemployed workers do not have the skills to
perform new jobs.
Answer: B
Skill: Conceptual
16) To prevent frictional unemployment, we would have to

A) eliminate recessions.
B) eliminate the business cycle.
C) prevent people from leaving their jobs.
D) make sure everyone goes to college.
Answer: C
Skill: Conceptual
17) A person quits her job in order to spend time looking for a better-paying job. This type of
unemployment is an example of
C) seasonal unemployment.
D) structural unemployment.
Answer: A
Skill: Conceptual
18) An individual with good job prospects who is between jobs is best considered as
A) structurally unemployed.
B) cyclically unemployed.
C) not in the labor force.
D) frictionally unemployed.
Answer: D
Skill: Conceptual
105
19) A recent accounting graduate from a major business school is searching for a place to begin
his career as an accountant. This individual is best considered as
A) structurally unemployed.
B) seasonally unemployed.
C) cyclically unemployed.
D) frictionally unemployed.
Answer: D
Skill: Conceptual
20) When a worker quits a job to look for a better job

A) structural and cyclical unemployment increase.
B) structural unemployment decreases.
C) cyclical unemployment increases.
D) frictional unemployment increases.
Answer: D
Skill: Conceptual
21) When a person reenters the labor force and looks for a job after spending time at home
raising a child
A) cyclical unemployment increases.
C) frictional and cyclical unemployment increase.
D) frictional unemployment increases.
Answer: D
Skill: Conceptual
22) Students who leave school in the spring and look for work are one source of ________.
A) structural unemployment
B) cyclical unemployment
C) frictional unemployment
D) business-cycle fluctuations
Answer: C
Skill: Conceptual
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23) When a student finishes college and begins looking for work
B) structural unemployment increases.
C) frictional unemployment increases.
D) frictional and cyclical unemployment increase.
Answer: C
Skill: Conceptual
24) Which of the following most likely would decrease frictional unemployment?
A) an increase in the number of high school and college graduates
B) effective Internet-based employment services and job registries
C) an expansion of unemployment compensation benefits
D) All of the above would decrease frictional unemployment.
Answer: B
Skill: Conceptual
25) Suppose that Matt quits a job with the XYZ Corporation in order to look for more rewarding
employment. Matt is best be considered as
A) still being employed.
B) included in the economy's "hidden employment."
C) frictionally unemployed.
D) cyclically unemployed.
Answer: C
Skill: Conceptual
26) Catherine quit her job in order to look for a new one; therefore, she is best considered as
A) frictionally unemployed.
B) structurally unemployed.
D) seasonally unemployed.
Answer: A
Skill: Conceptual
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27) Because of a bank merger, Ms. Davis lost her position as Vice President and had to seek
work with other banks. Ms. Davis has the skills necessary to find a new job, thus she is best
considered as
B) cyclically unemployed.
C) structurally unemployed.
D) naturally unemployed.
Answer: A
Skill: Conceptual
28) Bill loses his job as a loan officer when the bank he works for is bought up by a larger
financial institution. Bill has the skills necessary to find a new job, so as Bill searches for work
he is best considered an example of
D) a discouraged worker.
Answer: A
Skill: Conceptual
29) The best example of a frictionally unemployed individual is

A) Charles who has lost his job as an autoworker because of increased imports and can't find a
good job that utilizes his skills.
B) Mary who quit her job to find work closer to her home.
C) Sam who lost his job as a real estate salesperson when the housing market went soft because
of a recession.
D) Sandy who has few skills and is no longer looking for work.
Answer: B
Skill: Conceptual
30) Structural unemployment is

A) associated with the normal changing of jobs in a dynamic economy.
B) associated with the general downturns in the economy.
C) associated with the general decline of specific industries.
D) almost always short-term in nature.
Answer: C
Topic: Structural Unemployment
Skill: Recognition
108
31) Structural unemployment is the result of
C) a slowdown in the rate of economic expansion.
Answer: A
Skill: Recognition
32) Structural unemployment is

A) associated with the changing of jobs in a dynamic economy.
B) associated with general downturns in the economy.
C) associated with changes in technology that change required job skills.
D) very short-term unemployment.
Answer: C
Skill: Recognition
33) Suppose that over a period of years the country of Quasiland switched from being an
agriculturally-based economy to a technologically-based economy. As a result, many people lost
jobs because they lacked the correct skills. As they search for new jobs, these people are part of
D) discouraged workers.
Answer: B
Skill: Recognition
34) An individual is structurally unemployed if

A) there is a recession and the individual is laid off.
B) the individual wants to work just during certain months of the year.
C) the individual quits a job in order to search for a better one.
D) the individual lacks marketable job skills because technology has changed.
Answer: D
Skill: Recognition
109
35) Which statement CORRRECTLY describes "structural unemployment"?
A) Structural unemployment occurs mainly during recessions.
B) Structural unemployment is also called "frictional unemployment."
C) Structural unemployment occurs even when the economy is at the natural unemployment rate.
D) The amount of structural unemployment depends on normal labor turnover.
Answer: C
Skill: Recognition
36) Unemployment caused by changes in technology is called ________ unemployment.

A) structural
B) frictional
C) techno
D) cyclical
Answer: A
Skill: Recognition
37) Structural unemployment

A) falls during the expansion phase of the business cycle.
B) falls as the pace of technological progress increases.
C) generally lasts longer than frictional unemployment.
D) falls when the government provides more generous unemployment compensation benefits.
Answer: C
Skill: Recognition
38) Suppose that the number of jobs in the fishing industry decreases but the number of jobs in
the travel industry increases. Initially, ________.
A) the economy remains at full employment
B) structural unemployment increases
C) there is a shortage of workers in both sectors
D) cyclical unemployment increases
Answer: B
Skill: Conceptual
110
39) When the automobile replaced horse-drawn carriages as the principal means of
transportation, firms producing horse-drawn carriages went bankrupt and permanently laid off all
their workers, thereby increasing
C) frictional and cyclical unemployment.
D) cyclical unemployment.
Answer: B
Skill: Conceptual
40) The nation's structural unemployment will increase when

A) bad economic policies send the economy into a recession.
B) there is influx into the labor market of new college graduates.
C) there is an increase in post-Christmas layoffs of workers.
D) an increase in textile imports displaces older textile workers who do not have the skills
necessary to find new jobs.
Answer: D
Skill: Conceptual
41) A major characteristic of structural unemployment that differentiates it from frictional

unemployment is that structural unemployment
A) exists only during a recession.
B) exists in an expansion whereas there is no frictional unemployment in an expansion.
C) is a short-term problem.
D) usually lasts longer than frictional unemployment.
Answer: D
Skill: Conceptual
42) When the economy switches production toward services and away from manufacturing and
workers in the manufacturing industry are permanently laid off
A) frictional unemployment decreases.
D) frictional and cyclical unemployment increase.
Answer: B
Skill: Conceptual
111
43) Suppose the country of Tiny Town decided to open its borders to free trade. As a result, a
number of its workers lost their jobs to international competition and can't find new jobs because
their skills don't match what is required for job openings. The workers who lost their jobs and
searched for new ones are best be considered part of
B) structural unemployment
Answer: B
Skill: Conceptual
44) In the 1990s, video recordings were made primarily on tapes. However, in the 2000s DVDs
became increasingly popular, leading to a sharp decline in video tapes. As a result, many people
who manufactured tapes lost their jobs and didn't have the skills necessary to work making
DVDs. This occurrence is best consider an example of
D) underemployment.
Answer: B
Skill: Conceptual
45) How would you best describe a manufacturing employee who has been fired because he was
replaced by a robot (new technology) and does not have the skills necessary to help operate the
robot?
A) job leaver
B) entrant/reentrant
C) cyclically unemployed
D) structurally unemployed
Answer: D
Skill: Conceptual
112
46) Which of the following individuals is the best example of a structurally unemployed worker?
A) a recent college graduate who has entered the labor force
B) an individual who has been laid off from his job because of a business cycle recession
C) an automobile worker who has lost her job because of an increase in automobile imports and
does not have the skills currently needed by businesses
D) an individual who quits one job in the hope of finding a better job
Answer: C
Skill: Conceptual
47) Ms. Krupsky has shorthand and typing skills and still finds herself unemployed. In today's
economy, Ms. Krupsky is an example of what type of unemployment?
Answer: C
Skill: Conceptual
48) Andrew just lost his job as a corkscrew operator since his company has found a machine to
perform his work tasks. Andrew did not have the skills needed to operate the machine. Andrew
has searched for a new job for 6 months and continues to search. Therefore, Andrew is
considered to be
B) a discouraged worker.
D) structurally unemployed.
Answer: D
Skill: Conceptual
49) Nicholas does not possess marketable job skills; therefore, he is

B) structurally unemployed.
D) seasonally unemployed.
Answer: B
Skill: Conceptual
113
Person A This person has just graduated from high school and is
working at a part-time job but wants a full-time job.
Person B At the age of 45, this person was laid off from the
automobile industry when new equipment was installed
and the person did not have the skills necessary to use the
equipment. This person now is searching to find a new job.
Person C As a result of this person's spouse being transferred to a job
in a new city, this person is looking for a new job.
Person D This person just graduated from college and is looking for
an engineering job. In the meantime, this person is working
full-time waiting tables.
50) The above table shows answers given by people interviewed in the Current Population
Survey. Which people are structurally unemployed?
A) A, B, C, and D
B) A, B, and C
C) B and C.
D) A, B, and D
Answer: C
Skill: Conceptual
51) The above table shows answers given by people interviewed in the Current Population
Survey. Which person is cyclically unemployed?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) none of the people
Answer: D
Skill: Conceptual
52) Cyclical unemployment

A) is due mainly to job leavers.
B) may increase or decrease during an expansion.
C) occurs when technology improvements change job requirements.
D) fluctuates over the business cycle.
Answer: D
Topic: Cyclical Unemployment
Skill: Recognition
114
53) Which type of unemployment increases during a recession?
D) the natural unemployment rate
Answer: A
Skill: Recognition

A) is always present in an economy.
B) is higher during an expansion.
C) decreases during a recession.
D) fluctuates over the business cycle.
Answer: D
Skill: Recognition
55) Cyclical unemployment is the result of

C) the business cycle.
Answer: C
Skill: Recognition
56) Cyclical unemployment occurs when

A) individuals enter into the labor market making the rounds of potential employers.
B) individuals with skills no longer valued in the labor market cannot find employment.
C) individuals give up the search for employment.
D) a business cycle recession decreases employment.
Answer: D
Skill: Recognition
115
57) Unemployment caused by the fluctuation of the business cycle is called ________
unemployment.
A) structural
B) recession-related
C) frictional
D) cyclical
Answer: D
Skill: Recognition
58) Unemployment that is the result of recessions is called

C) downtime unemployment.
D) structural unemployment.
Answer: B
Skill: Recognition
59) Suppose the country of Quasiland experienced a decrease in real GDP and people were laid
off from their jobs. The people would be considered part of
Answer: C
Skill: Recognition
60) The primary factor leading to cyclical unemployment is when

A) businesses often discriminate in their hiring practices on the basis of age, sex, and race.
B) the level of overall economic activity fluctuates.
C) workers quit their jobs in order to look for higher paying employment.
D) some workers do not have marketable job skills.
Answer: B
Skill: Recognition
116
61) If a worker is temporarily laid off because the economy is in a recession
A) frictional unemployment increases.
C) the size of the labor force rises.
D) cyclical unemployment increases.
Answer: D
Skill: Conceptual
62) A recession causes a decrease in the demand for housing, resulting in substantial layoffs in
the construction industry. The people laid off are considered
A) cyclically unemployment.
B) frictionally unemployment.
C) seasonally unemployment.
D) structurally unemployment.
Answer: A
Skill: Conceptual
63) If the economy enters an expansion

C) cyclical unemployment decreases.
D) structural unemployment decreases.
Answer: C
Skill: Conceptual

A) is the major part of the natural unemployment rate.
B) decreases during economic expansions.
C) rises as a result of increased international competition.
D) falls when unemployment compensation payments are increased.
Answer: B
Skill: Conceptual
117
65) During an economic expansion, real GDP ________ and unemployment ________.
A) increases; increases
B) increases; decreases
C) decreases; increases
D) decreases; decreases
Answer: B
Skill: Conceptual
66) An observer of the economy notices that over the past 12 months the unemployment rate has
fallen from 7.0 percent to 6.5 percent. During the same time, the rate of growth in real GDP has
been positive. From this information we might conclude that
A) inflation is not occurring.
B) an expansion is occurring in the economy.
C) a recession is in progress.
D) a trough in the business cycle will soon be reached.
Answer: B
Skill: Conceptual
67) Cyclical unemployment ________.

A) decreases during an expansion
B) grows at the same rate as potential GDP
C) is zero at a business-cycle trough
D) decreases during a recession
Answer: A
Skill: Recognition
68) Cyclical unemployment ________ during expansions and ________ during recessions.
A) increases; increases
B) increases; decreases
C) decreases; increases
D) decreases; decreases
Answer: C
Skill: Recognition
118
69) Auto and steel workers commonly experience this type of unemployment in a recession.
A) frictional unemployment
B) cyclical unemployment
D) natural unemployment rate
Answer: B
Skill: Conceptual
70) If the economy enters a recession

A) frictional unemployment increases.
D) the number of workers on layoff decreases.
Answer: C
Skill: Conceptual
71) Recessions and expansions affect most strongly which type of unemployment?
A) frictional unemployment
B) structural unemployment
C) cyclical unemployment
D) seasonal unemployment
Answer: C
Skill: Conceptual
72) Mike has just been laid off from his construction job because consumers are not purchasing
new homes because of the recession. Mike would be considered to be part of
A) structural unemployment.
C) seasonal unemployment.
D) frictional unemployment.
Answer: B
Skill: Conceptual
119
73) Bill is a high-school dropout who lost his job in a fast food restaurant when the economy
plunged into a recession. After 8 months, Bill is still looking for work. He is an example of
D) the natural unemployment rate.
Answer: C
Skill: Conceptual
74) The best example of a cyclically unemployed individual is

A) Charles who lost his job as a real estate salesperson when the housing market went soft
because of a recession.
B) Alice who quit her job to enter college.
C) Mary who lost her job in the textile industry following a decrease in the tariff on textiles.
D) Bob who has just graduated from college and is entering the labor market.
Answer: A
Skill: Conceptual
75) Which of the following situations best describes an individual who is cyclically
unemployed?
A) Catherine is a ski instructor who is not working because it is summer.
B) Matthew was an artillery man, but he has been unable to find work since he left the army.
C) Nicholas was laid-off when orders for General Motors cars fell during a recession.
D) Susan quit her job as a preschool teacher to try to find a better paying job.
Answer: C
Skill: Conceptual
76) Full employment occurs when

A) structural unemployment is zero.
B) cyclical unemployment is zero.
C) frictional unemployment is zero.
D) cyclical and frictional unemployment are zero.
Answer: B
Topic: Full Employment
Skill: Recognition
120
77) Full employment occurs when
A) there is no cyclical unemployment.
B) there is no unemployment.
C) there is no frictional unemployment.
D) the unemployment rate is less than 5 percent.
Answer: A
Skill: Recognition
78) Full employment means that

A) no one is unemployed.
B) there is no cyclical unemployment.
C) there is no cyclical or frictional unemployment.
D) there is no structural or frictional unemployment.
Answer: B
Skill: Recognition
79) The economy is at full employment when

A) there are no unemployed workers.
B) all unemployment is frictional or structural.
C) there are fewer unemployed workers than available jobs.
D) all unemployment is cyclical.
Answer: B
Skill: Recognition
80) Full employment occurs when the

A) unemployment rate equals the natural unemployment rate.
B) structural unemployment rate equals the frictional unemployment rate.
C) natural unemployment rate equals the frictional unemployment rate.
D) cyclical unemployment rate equals the natural unemployment rate.
Answer: A
Skill: Recognition
121
81) Full employment occurs
A) only if the unemployment rate is zero.
B) only if the unemployment rate is equal to the natural unemployment rate.
C) only if unemployment is equal to structural unemployment plus cyclical unemployment.
D) None of the above answers are correct.
Answer: B
Skill: Recognition
82) When the economy is at full employment the

A) natural unemployment rate is equal to 0 percent.
B) natural unemployment rate equals the unemployment rate.
C) natural unemployment rate is equal to 10 percent.
D) unemployment rate is equal to 0 percent.
Answer: B
Skill: Recognition
83) An economy is at full employment when ________.

A) the unemployment rate is zero
B) there is no frictional unemployment
C) the unemployment rate equals the natural unemployment rate
D) there is no structural unemployment
Answer: C
Skill: Recognition
84) Suppose the natural unemployment rate equals 6 percent and the current unemployment rate
is 8 percent. We can conclude that
A) there is no structural unemployment.
B) there is no frictional unemployment.
C) there is no cyclical unemployment.
D) full employment is not occurring.
Answer: D
Skill: Conceptual
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85) Full employment means
A) zero unemployment.
B) only cyclical unemployment exists.
C) only frictional and structural unemployment exists.
Answer: C
Skill: Conceptual
86) When economists speak of full employment, they refer to the case in which the sum of
frictional and structural unemployment is
A) falling over time.
B) equal to zero.
C) equal to the actual amount of unemployment.
D) greater than the level of deficient demand unemployment.
Answer: C
Skill: Conceptual
87) When the economy is operating at full employment, the natural unemployment rate consists
of only
A) cyclical unemployment.
B) frictional and structural unemployment.
C) frictional and cyclical unemployment.
D) structural and cyclical unemployment.
Answer: B
Skill: Conceptual
88) The unemployment rate will never equal zero percent because
A) there are some people who do not want to work.
B) there will always be discouraged workers.
C) some portion of the labor force will always be between jobs.
D) cyclical unemployment will always exist.
Answer: C
Topic: Natural Unemployment Rate
Skill: Conceptual
123
89) The natural unemployment rate
I. occurs when only there is no cyclical unemployment present.
II. is the unemployment rate when the economy is at potential GDP.
A) I only.
B) II only
C) neither I nor II
D) I and II
Answer: D
Skill: Recognition

A) falls with an increase in cyclical unemployment.
B) rises with an increase in structural unemployment.
C) rises with an increase in cyclical unemployment.
D) rises with a decrease in frictional unemployment.
Answer: B
Skill: Recognition
91) The unemployment rate is at the natural unemployment rate when

A) frictional unemployment equals zero.
B) structural unemployment equals zero.
C) cyclical unemployment equals zero.
D) all types of unemployment equal zero.
Answer: C
Skill: Recognition
92) The natural unemployment rate is the unemployment rate that exists when there is no
A) structural unemployment.
B) frictional unemployment.
D) cyclical or structural unemployment.
Answer: C
Skill: Recognition
124
93) When cyclical unemployment is zero
A) frictional unemployment is zero.
B) cyclical and frictional unemployment are zero.
C) structural unemployment is zero.
D) the unemployment rate equals the natural unemployment rate.
Answer: D
Skill: Recognition

A) is a constant figure of about 4 percent.
B) fluctuates with the rate of inflation.
C) is the unemployment rate that occurs when the economy is at full employment.
D) is equal to cyclical unemployment.
Answer: C
Skill: Recognition
95) If unemployment is at the natural rate, then there

A) is no cyclical unemployment.
B) is no frictional unemployment.
C) will be cyclical and frictional unemployment but not structural unemployment.
D) will be only cyclical unemployment.
Answer: A
Skill: Recognition
96) If unemployment equals the natural unemployment rate, then there

A) is zero unemployment.
B) is only frictional or structural unemployment.
C) are no job openings existing at the time.
D) is less than full employment.
Answer: B
Skill: Recognition
125
A) occurs when the unemployment rate is 0 percent.
B) is the unemployment rate when there is no structural unemployment.
C) is the unemployment rate at full employment.
D) is the unemployment rate when there is only cyclical unemployment.
Answer: C
Skill: Recognition
98) Full employment exists when

A) there is only frictional and structural unemployment.
B) the economy is at the natural unemployment rate.
C) there is no cyclical unemployment.
Answer: D
Skill: Recognition
99) When the economy moves into and out of recessions and expansions, the unemployment rate
fluctuates around the
A) natural unemployment rate.
B) structural unemployment rate.
D) frictional unemployment rate.
Answer: A
Skill: Recognition
100) The natural unemployment rate ________.

A) is the same from year to year
B) is greater than the actual rate of unemployment
C) is the unemployment rate when there is no cyclical unemployment
D) equals zero
Answer: C
Skill: Recognition
126
101) When cyclical unemployment increases and other things remain the same, ________.
A) the natural unemployment rate increases
B) the amount of frictional unemployment increases
C) the amount of structural unemployment decreases
D) the natural unemployment rate does not change
Answer: D
Skill: Conceptual
102) The relationship between the unemployment rate and the natural unemployment rate is that
the unemployment rate
A) fluctuates about the natural rate.
B) equals the natural rate.
C) is always below the natural rate.
D) is always above the natural rate.
Answer: A
Skill: Conceptual
103) Suppose the economy is experiencing frictional unemployment of 1 percent, structural

unemployment of 3 percent and cyclical unemployment of 4 percent. What is the natural
unemployment rate?
A) 3 percent
B) 4 percent
C) 5 percent
D) 7 percent
Answer: B
Skill: Analytical
104) Suppose that the natural unemployment rate is 4.5 percent and the actual unemployment
rate is 3.5 percent. Then cyclical unemployment is
A) 1 percent.
B) -1 percent.
C) 8 percent.
D) 0 percent.
Answer: B
Skill: Analytical
127
A) estimated to be close to 9 percent in recent years in the United States.
B) has been estimated to range between 4 percent and 6 percent in the United States in recent
years.
C) is attained whenever the unemployment rate is less than 5 percent because 95 percent
employment is considered full employment.
D) occurs when 100 percent of the labor force is employed.
Answer: B
Skill: Conceptual
106) Cyclical unemployment exists when

A) frictional and structural unemployment is zero.
B) real national income exceeds potential income.
C) real GDP exceeds potential GDP.
D) real GDP is less than potential GDP.
Answer: D
Topic: Potential GDP and Unemployment
Skill: Conceptual
107) When real GDP is ________ potential GDP, the unemployment rate is ________ the
natural unemployment rate.
A) greater than; less than
B) less than; equal to
C) equal to; greater than
D) greater than; greater than
Answer: A
Skill: Conceptual
108) Suppose that the unemployment rate equals 4.5 percent and that the natural unemployment
rate is 5.5 percent. We can conclude that
A) the output gap is negative.
B) the output gap equals zero.
C) the output gap is positive.
D) we have mismeasured the natural unemployment rate.
Answer: C
Skill: Conceptual
128
109) In September 2012 the U.S. unemployment rate was 7.8 percent while the natural
unemployment rate was 6 percent. The U.S. economy
A) had a negative output gap.
B) had a positive output gap.
C) had an output gap of zero.
D) was at full employment.
Answer: A
Skill: Analytical
110) When the unemployment rate is less than the natural unemployment rate
A) the output gap is positive.
B) the output gap equals zero.
C) the output gap is negative.
D) None of the above is possible because it is impossible for the unemployment rate to be less
than the natural rate.
Answer: A
Skill: Conceptual
111) When more labor is unemployed than the amount at the natural unemployment rate, then
real GDP ________ potential GDP.
A) is equal to
B) is less than
C) is greater than
D) cannot be compared to
Answer: B
Skill: Conceptual
112) The unemployment rate generally falls during ________ in the business cycle.
A) a peak
B) a recession
C) a trough
D) an expansion
Answer: D
Topic: Study Guide Question, Unemployment Rate
Skill: Conceptual
129
113) At the natural unemployment rate, there is no
D) unemployment.
Answer: C
Topic: Study Guide Question, Natural Rate of Unemployment
Skill: Recognition
114) If the economy is at full employment

A) the entire population is employed.
B) the entire labor force is employed.
C) the only unemployment is frictional unemployment plus discouraged workers.
D) real GDP equals potential GDP.
Answer: D
Topic: Study Guide Question, Full Employment
Skill: Recognition
3 The Price Level, Inflation, and Deflation
1) An increase in the price level is defined as

A) a recession.
B) a growth boom.
C) inflation.
D) an expansion.
Answer: C
Topic: Inflation
Skill: Recognition
2) Inflation is a problem when

A) it is unpredictable.
B) it causes the value of money to vary unpredictably.
C) it causes resources to be diverted from productive uses.
Answer: D
Topic: Why Inflation Is a Problem
Skill: Conceptual
130
3) Unpredictable changes in the value of money, which brings about gains and losses, are a
consequence of unpredictable changes in
A) real GDP.
B) unemployment rate.
C) inflation.
D) productivity.
Answer: C
Skill: Conceptual
4) The cost of inflation to society includes

I. the opportunity costs of resources used by people to protect themselves against inflation.
II. the diversion of productive resources to forecasting inflation.
A) I only
B) II only
C) both I and II
D) neither I nor II
Answer: C
Skill: Conceptual
5) The cost of inflation to society includes

A) unpredictable changes in the value of money.
B) higher interest rates paid by borrowers.
C) higher interest rates paid by the government on its debt.
D) the lost spending when people do not have enough money.
Answer: A
Skill: Conceptual
6) In a period of rapid, unexpected inflation, resources can be lost

A) when firms invest in research and development instead of forecasting inflation.
B) when firms use resources to forecast inflation.
C) because rapid inflation almost always turns into a hyperinflation.
D) Both answers B and C are correct.
Answer: B
Skill: Conceptual
131
7) Hyperinflation is defined as
A) declining inflation rates.
B) rising but low inflation rates.
C) very high inflation rates.
D) very low inflation rates.
Answer: C
Skill: Recognition
8) The Consumer Price Index is a measure of the average of the prices paid by ________ for a
fixed basket of consumer goods and services.
A) urban consumers
B) all consumers
C) urban wage earners and clerical workers
D) consumers living in cities with a population greater than 100,000
Answer: A
Topic: Consumer Price Index
Skill: Recognition
9) The first step in measuring the CPI is to

A) select the market basket.
B) conduct a monthly survey.
C) collect prices for the basket of goods and services.
D) interview businesses.
Answer: A
Skill: Recognition
10) The consumer price index (CPI)

A) compares the cost of the typical basket of goods consumed in period 1 to the cost of a basket
of goods typically consumed in period 2.
B) compares the cost in the current period to the cost in a reference base period of a basket of
goods typically consumed in the base period.
C) measures the increase in the prices of the goods included in GDP.
D) is the ratio of the average price of a typical basket of goods to the cost of producing those
goods.
Answer: B
Skill: Conceptual
132
11) If the basket of goods and services used to calculate the CPI cost $200 in the reference base
period and $450 in a later year, the CPI for the latter year equals
A) 200.
B) 225.
C) 325.
D) 450.
Answer: B
Skill: Analytical
12) If the CPI basket costs $35 in the base period but costs $42, what is the CPI in the next
period?
A) 83.3
B) $42
C) 20 percent
D) 120
Answer: D
Skill: Analytical
13) Suppose the Consumer Price Index is 143.6. What does that number mean?
A) On average, goods cost $143.60.
B) On average, goods cost $243.60.
C) Prices rose 143.6 percent over the reference base period, on average.
D) Prices rose 43.6 percent over the reference base period, on average.
Answer: D
Skill: Conceptual
14) If the CPI is 120, this means that

A) prices are 120 percent higher than in the reference base period.
B) prices are 0.12 times higher than in the reference base period.
C) prices are 20 percent higher than in the reference base period.
D) the inflation rate must be positive.
Answer: C
Skill: Analytical
133
CPI basket
2009 price 2015 price
quantity
Blu-rays 10 discs $16 per disc $12 per disc
Bottled $1.00 per $1.25 per
200 bottles
water bottle bottle
15) If 2009 is the reference base period, what is the price index for the CPI basket of goods for
2015 in the above table?
A) 97.3
B) 102.8
C) 128.0
D) zero because the price of Blu-rays fell and the price of water increased
Answer: B
Skill: Conceptual
2012 2013
Item Quantity Price Price
Movie tickets 4 $5.00 $7.50
Bags of
2 $3.00 $3.00
popcorn
Drinks of soda 4 $1.00 $1.50
16) The information in the table above gives the 2012 reference base period CPI basket and
prices used to construct the CPI for a small nation. It also has the 2013 prices. What is the value
of the CPI for the reference base period, 2012?
A) 140
B) 133
C) 100
D) 75
Answer: C
Skill: Analytical
134
17) The information in the table above gives the 2012 reference base period CPI basket and
prices used to construct the CPI for a small nation. It also has the 2013 prices. What is the value
of the CPI for 2013?
A) 140
B) 133
C) 100
D) 75
Answer: A
Skill: Analytical
18) The CPI basket contains 400 oranges and 800 pens. In the base year, the price of an orange is
$1.00 and the price of a pen is $0.75. This year, urban consumers each buy 300 oranges at $2.00
each and 850 pens at $1.00 each. The CPI this year is ________.
A) 1.60
B) 62.5
C) 160
D) 140
Answer: C
Skill: Analytical
19) If the CPI basket of goods cost $200 in the reference base period and $450 in a later year, the
CPI in the later year equals
A) 225.
B) 250.
C) 300.
D) 450.
Answer: A
Skill: Analytical
20) Using the notation Pt to designate this period's price level and Pt-1 to designate last period's
price level, the formula for measuring the inflation rate from last period to this period is
A) [(Pt - Pt - 1) / Pt] × 100.
B) [(Pt -1 - Pt) / Pt - 1] × 100.
C) [(Pt - Pt - 1) / Pt - 1] × 100.
D) [(Pt -1 - Pt) / Pt] × 100.
Answer: C
Topic: Inflation Rate
Skill: Recognition
135
21) Suppose the CPI last year is 121 and the CPI this year is 137. The CORRECT method to
calculate the inflation rate is
A) (137 - 121)/100 = 0.16.
B) 137 × 121 = 258.
C) [(137 - 121)/121] × 100 = 13.2.
D) (137/121) × 100 = 113.2.
Answer: C
Skill: Analytical
22) If the CPI was 132.5 at the end of last year and 140.2 at the end of this year, the inflation rate
over these two years was
A) 7.7 percent.
B) 5.4 percent.
C) 4.4 percent.
D) 5.8 percent.
Answer: D
Skill: Analytical
A) 10.2 percent.
B) 13.8 percent.
C) 12.2 percent.
D) 16.8 percent.
Answer: B
Skill: Analytical
A) 1.8 percent.
B) 2.5 percent.
C) 22.5 percent.
D) 18.0 percent.
Answer: A
Skill: Analytical
136
A) 3.6 percent.
B) 3.8 percent.
C) 5.0 percent.
Answer: B
Skill: Analytical
26) At the end of last year the Consumer Price Index was equal to 157.5 and at the end of this
year it was equal to 163.8. What is the inflation rate over this time period?
A) 6.3 percent
B) 4.0 percent
C) 3.85 percent
D) 10.1 percent
Answer: B
Skill: Analytical
27) If the price level last year was 220 and this year is 250, what is the inflation rate between the
two years?
A) 30 percent
B) 13.6 percent
C) 12.2 percent
D) 20 percent
Answer: B
Skill: Analytical
28) If this year the price level is 135 and last year it was 125, the inflation rate is
A) 8 percent.
B) 10 percent.
C) 12 percent.
D) none of the above.
Answer: A
Skill: Analytical
137
29) Suppose the price level this year is 150 and the price level last year was 125. The inflation
rate between last year and this year was
A) 20 percent.
B) 2 percent.
C) 16.6 percent.
D) 1.6 percent.
Answer: A
Skill: Analytical
30) Suppose that last year the Consumer Price Index was 124; this year it is 130.7. What was the
inflation rate between these years?
A) 30.7 percent
B) 6.7 percent
C) 5.4 percent
D) 5.1 percent
Answer: C
Skill: Analytical
31) If the CPI this year is 220 and was 200 in last year, the annual inflation rate between the two
years is
A) 5 percent.
B) 10 percent.
C) 20 percent.
D) 2 percent.
Answer: B
Topic: Inflation
Skill: Analytical
32) If the Consumer Price Index last year was 110 and 115 this year, the inflation rate is
approximately
A) 4.5 percent.
B) 5.0 percent.
C) 10.0 percent.
D) 15.0 percent.
Answer: A
Skill: Analytical
138
33) If the CPI for this year is 220 and the CPI for last year was 215, the inflation rate is
A) just over 2 percent.
B) 5 percent.
C) just over 5 percent.
D) 10 percent.
Answer: A
Skill: Analytical
34) If this year's price level is 126 and last year's price level was 120, the inflation rate is
________.
A) 0.95 percent a year
B) 5 percent a year
C) 6 percent a year
D) 1.05 percent a year
Answer: B
Skill: Analytical
35) If the CPI at the end of last year was 100 and the CPI at the end of this year was 115, the
inflation rate was
A) 1.5 percent.
B) 15 percent.
C) 100 percent.
D) 115 percent.
Answer: B
Skill: Analytical
36) Last year's price level was 120 and since then there has been a 5 percent inflation. This year's
price level is
A) 125.
B) 126.
C) 130.
D) none of the above.
Answer: B
Skill: Analytical
139
Year Price level
2012 91
2013 100
2014 110
2015 121
37) In the above table, the inflation rate between 2012 and 2013 is approximately
A) 0.9 percent.
B) 1 percent.
C) 10 percent.
D) 100 percent.
Answer: C
Skill: Analytical
A) 9 percent.
B) 10 percent.
C) 100 percent.
D) 110 percent.
Answer: B
Skill: Analytical
A) 10 percent.
B) 11 percent.
C) 121 percent.
Answer: A
Skill: Analytical
140
Inflation rate
Year Price index
(percent)
1 100
2 117 A
3 125 B
4 120 C
5 D 8.3
6 150 E
40) In the table above, what inflation rate belongs in space A?

A) 17.0 percent
B) 6.8 percent
C) 8.3 percent
D) -4.0 percent
Answer: A
Skill: Analytical
41) In the table above, what inflation rate belongs in space B?

A) 17.0 percent
B) 6.8 percent
C) 8.3 percent
D) -4.0 percent
Answer: B
Skill: Analytical
42) In the table above, what inflation rate belongs in space C?

A) 17.0 percent
B) 6.8 percent
C) 8.3 percent
D) -4.0 percent
Answer: D
Skill: Analytical
141
43) In the table above, what price level belongs in space D?
A) 125
B) 130
C) 140
D) 145
Answer: B
Skill: Analytical
44) In the table above, what inflation rate belongs in space E?

A) 17.0 percent
B) 6.8 percent
C) 8.3 percent
D) 15.4 percent
Answer: D
Skill: Analytical
2012 2013
Item Quantity Price Quantity Price
Books 10 $30 8 $50
Pens 20 $1 15 $2
45) In 2012, consumers in Dexter consumed only books and pens. The prices and quantities for
2012 and 2013 are listed in the table above. The reference base period for Dexter's CPI is 2012.
What is the cost of the CPI basket in 2012?
A) $430
B) $335
C) $320
D) $540
Answer: C
Topic: The Consumer Price Index
Skill: Analytical
142
What is the CPI in 2012?
A) 320
B) 1.00
C) 3.20
D) 100
Answer: D
Skill: Analytical
What is the cost of the CPI basket in 2013?
A) $430
B) $335
C) $320
D) $540
Answer: D
Skill: Analytical
What is the CPI in 2013?
A) 59
B) 129
C) 169
D) 102
Answer: C
Skill: Analytical
What is the inflation rate in 2013?
A) 69 percent
B) zero
C) 31 percent
D) 2 percent
Answer: A
Skill: Analytical
143
50) If this year's price level exceeds last year's
A) the inflation rate between these years has been positive.
B) the inflation rate is accelerating.
C) deflation is occurring.
D) no relative price changes are occurring.
Answer: A
Topic: Inflation and the Price Level
Skill: Recognition
51) If the price level for the last three months has been 112, 125, and 126, we would say
A) inflation has been constant over the three months.
B) inflation was more rapid between the first and second month than between the second and
third month.
C) inflation was less rapid between the first and second month than between the second and third
month.
D) inflation has steadily increased over the three months.
Answer: B
Skill: Conceptual
52) Assume the inflation rate falls from 4 percent to 2 percent. This means that
A) the price level has fallen.
B) the price level is increasing more slowly.
C) the economy is experiencing deflation.
D) real GDP is decreasing.
Answer: B
Skill: Conceptual
53) If the inflation rate is negative, the price level in an economy is

A) falling.
B) rising slowly.
C) constant.
D) rising rapidly.
Answer: A
Skill: Conceptual
144
54) Suppose that the price level was 100 in 2011, 110 in 2012, and 130 in 2013. Over these three
years
A) deflation occurred at an accelerating rate.
B) the inflation rate was positive but slowing.
C) prices were stable.
D) the inflation rate was positive and accelerating.
Answer: D
Skill: Analytical
55) In China, suppose that the price level was 100 in 2014, 110 in 2015, and 120 in 2016. Over
these three years
A) the inflation rate accelerated.
B) inflation did not occur.
C) prices were stable.
D) the inflation rate was positive.
Answer: D
Skill: Analytical
56) In the United States, the inflation rate has

A) remained almost constant over the past 25 years.
B) risen and fallen since the 1970s.
C) fallen as a result of OPEC oil price hikes.
D) risen constantly over the past 30 years.
Answer: B
Topic: Inflation in the United States
Skill: Recognition
57) Looking at inflation rates in the United States since the 1970s we see that
A) inflation fell the most during the 1970s productivity slowdown.
B) the highest inflation rates were the double digits during the 1990s.
C) the inflation rate increased with the increased growth of the 1990s.
D) the 1970s experienced the highest inflation rates.
Answer: D
Topic: Inflation in the United States
Skill: Recognition
145
58) The biases in the CPI include the
A) old goods, unemployment, and inflation biases.
B) new goods, quality change, and substitution biases.
C) old goods, new goods, and quality change biases.
D) substitution, new goods, and old goods biases.
Answer: B
Topic: Biased CPI
Skill: Recognition
59) The bias in the CPI typically

A) overstates inflation.
B) understates inflation.
C) about half the time overstates and about half the time understates the inflation rate.
D) cannot be measured or estimated.
Answer: A
Topic: Biased CPI
Skill: Recognition
60) Which of the following means that the CPI overstates the actual inflation rate?
A) new goods bias
B) quality change bias
C) outlet substitution bias
D) All of the above cause the CPI to overstate inflation.
Answer: D
Topic: Biased CPI
Skill: Recognition
61) The biases in the CPI are

A) not important since they are so small.
B) important only to economists, not the real world.
C) important since they effect nearly 1/3 of federal government spending.
D) not important although they are large.
Answer: C
Topic: Biased CPI
Skill: Recognition
146
62) The currently used method for calculating the CPI
A) accounts for people increasing consumption of a good that falls in relative price.
B) probably overstates inflation by about 1 percentage point.
C) has no effect on government expenditures.
Answer: B
Topic: Biased CPI
Skill: Conceptual
63) Because of the biases in calculating the CPI, actual inflation is

A) accurately measured.
B) less than the measured inflation rate by about 1 percent per year.
C) more than the measured inflation rate by about 1 percent per year.
D) more than the measured inflation rate by about 1 percent per month.
Answer: B
Topic: Biased CPI
Skill: Conceptual
64) The currently used method for calculating the CPI

A) accounts for people increasing consumption of a good that falls in relative price.
B) probably overstates inflation by about 1 percentage point.
C) has no effect on government expenditures.
Answer: B
Topic: Biased CPI
Skill: Recognition
65) An example of the new goods bias in the CPI is the

A) introduction of higher quality brakes as standard equipment on new cars.
B) introduction of hybrid automobiles, vehicles that were not made until recently.
C) decreasing popularity of SUVs as the price of gasoline has risen.
D) switch from traditional car dealerships to low-cost Internet car buying services.
Answer: B
Topic: Biased CPI, New Goods Bias
Skill: Conceptual
147
66) If a new and better good replaced an older and less expensive good, then the price level
measured by the CPI ________.
A) is lower than the actual price level
B) is higher than the actual price level
C) might be either higher or lower than the actual price
D) is the same as the actual price level because it measures the prices of the actual goods
Answer: B
Topic: The Biased CPI, New Goods Bias
Skill: Conceptual
67) Price indexes can overstate inflation because they

A) omit some quality improvements.
B) do not contain the prices of any used goods.
C) do not contain the prices of foreign goods.
D) do not contain the prices of services.
Answer: A
Topic: Biased CPI, Quality Improvement
Skill: Conceptual
68) As currently calculated, the CPI tends to overstate the true inflation rate because
A) we cannot know what the true inflation rate is.
B) it fails to correctly measure quality changes for some products.
C) the market basket selected is inappropriate.
D) the market basket fails to weigh housing costs sufficiently.
Answer: B
Skill: Recognition
69) The technique currently used to calculate the CPI implicitly assumes that over time
consumers buy
A) relatively more of goods whose relative prices are rising.
B) relatively less of goods whose relative prices are rising.
C) the same relative quantities of goods as in a base year.
D) goods and services whose quality improves at the rate of growth of real income.
Answer: C
Topic: Biased CPI, Commodity Substitution Bias
Skill: Conceptual
148
70) Substitution bias in the CPI refers to the fact that the CPI
A) takes into account the substitution of goods by consumers when relative prices change.
B) takes no account of the substitution of goods by consumers when relative prices change.
C) substitutes quality changes whenever they occur without taking account of the cost of the
quality changes.
D) substitutes relative prices for absolute prices of goods.
Answer: B
Topic: Biased CPI, Commodity Substitution Bias
Skill: Recognition
71) In July 2014, the CPI inflation rate was 0.3 percent while the core CPI inflation rate was 0.1
percent. The difference between these two measurements of inflation indicates
A) prices for food and fuel were increasing more rapidly than prices for other goods.
B) prices for food and fuel were increasing less rapidly than prices for other goods.
C) the underlying inflation rate was higher than the overall inflation rate.
D) a negative underlying inflation rate.
Answer: A
Topic: Core CPI
Skill: Analytical
72) As of July 2012, the 12 month CPI inflation rate was 1.4 percent and the 12 month core CPI
inflation rate was 2.1 percent. The difference between these two measurements of inflation
indicates
A) prices for food and fuel grew less rapidly than prices for other goods.
B) prices for food and fuel grew more rapidly than prices for other goods.
C) the underlying inflation rate was lower than the overall inflation rate.
D) hyperinflation.
Answer: A
Topic: Core CPI
Skill: Analytical
73) At the end of last year, the CPI equaled 120. At the end of this year, the CPI equals 132.
What is the inflation rate over this year?
A) 6 percent
B) 10 percent
C) 12 percent
D) None of the above answers are correct because more information is needed to calculate the
inflation rate.
Answer: B
Topic: Study Guide Question, Inflation Rate
Skill: Analytical
149
74) If last year's price level was 100 and this year's price level is 114, over the year the inflation
rate has been
A) 14 percent.
B) 114 percent.
C) 12 percent
D) 100 percent.
Answer: A
Topic: Study Guide Question, Inflation Rate
Skill: Analytical
75) Of the following sequences of price levels, which CORRECTLY represents a 5 percent
inflation rate?
A) 100, 100, 100, 100
B) 100, 105, 105, 105
C) 100, 105, 110, 115
D) 100, 105, 110.25, 115.76
Answer: D
Topic: Study Guide Question, Inflation and the Price Level
Skill: Analytical
76) The commodity substitution bias is that

A) consumers substitute high-quality goods for low-quality goods.
B) government spending is a good substitute for investment expenditures.
C) national saving and foreign borrowing are interchangeable.
D) consumers decrease the quantity they buy of goods whose relative prices rise and increase the
quantity of goods whose relative price falls.
Answer: D
Topic: Study Guide Question, Commodity Substitution Bias
Skill: Recognition
150
4 News Based Questions
1) The New York Times reported in November 2008 that 240,000 additional people lost their jobs
which increased the unemployment rate to 6.5 percent. In addition, it was noted that a large
number of college graduates were "taking jobs that do not require a college degree." It was also
expected that "teens will be thrown out of the labor market....causing youths to miss experience"
that could help them prepare for higher-skilled jobs.
The article reflects the idea that unemployment is a problem because it results in
A) a loss of human capital.
B) fewer discouraged workers.
C) a loss of income.
D) a decrease in the labor force.
Answer: A
Topic: Unemployment
Skill: Conceptual
AACSB: Written and oral communication
2) The table below shows data regarding Germany's labor market.
Number of
Labor Force Employed Population
Year (millions) (millions) (millions)
2006 43.7 39.01 82.3
2007 43.7 39.06 82.2
2008 43.6 39.8 82.1
The data show that Germany's unemployment rate in 2007 was

A) 9.8 percent.
B) 8.4 percent
C) 5.6 percent
D) More information is needed to answer this question.
Answer: B
Skill: Analytical
151
Number of
Labor Force Employed Population
Year (millions) (millions) (millions)
2006 43.7 39.01 82.3
2007 43.7 39.06 82.2
2008 43.6 39.8 82.1
The data show that Germany's unemployment rate between 2007 and 2008
A) increased.
B) decreased
C) stayed the same.
D) cannot be determined because the population decreased.
Answer: B
Skill: Analytical
Number of Working-age
Labor Force Employed Population Population
Year (millions) (millions) (millions) (millions)
2006 43.7 39.01 82.3 54.9
2007 43.7 39.06 82.2 54.7
2008 43.6 39.8 82.1 54.6
The data show that Germany's employment-to-population ratio is ________ in 2007.

A) 92 percent
B) 47.5 percent
C) 67 percent
D) 80 percent
Answer: C
Skill: Analytical
152
Number of Working-age
Labor Force Employed Population Population
Year (millions) (millions) (millions) (millions)
2006 43.7 39.01 82.3 54.9
2007 43.7 39.06 82.2 54.7
2008 43.6 39.8 82.1 54.6
The data show that Germany's labor force participation rate is ________ in 2007.
A) 80 percent
B) 47.5 percent
C) 67 percent
D) 78 percent
Answer: A
Skill: Analytical
6) An article in the Financial Times reports on a trend by college students to take a year off after
graduation given the lack of success in finding a job. "In a survey published last month by TMP
Worldwide... 54 per cent of the final-year undergraduate interviewees were thinking about taking
a gap year and one in 10 was planning to wait for a year to escape the financial chaos and wait
for the economy to either improve or for the picture to become clearer."
www.ft.com, 10/13/2008
These choices add to the fluctuations seen in the ________ as workers leave the labor force
given their unsuccessful job searches.
A) labor force participation rate
B) employment rate
C) efficiency wage
D) inflation rate
Answer: A
Skill: Conceptual
153
7) NPR ("Certain Green Industries Have Job Openings", November 12, 2008) reported on a story
about wind turbine manufacturers in Ohio having trouble finding skilled workers. The report
noted that as a result tens of thousands of people having been laid off, there is "a huge pool of
job-seekers." The firms claim to "offer good pay and benefits." A representative from the United
Steelworkers claims that their union members have easily transferrable skills, but the pay is too
low, around $30,000 annually. A manager at Apollo Alliance says that workers in the new
industry need different skills than those in the old steel industry.
The type of unemployment described in the story is ________ unemployment.

A) cyclical
B) structural
C) frictional
D) efficiency wage
Answer: B
Topic: Unemployment Types
Skill: Conceptual
8) Reflecting the state of the economy in 2008, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in
October that over 1000 jobs were lost in the legal services sector. For example, one firm in
Chicago stated that it had fired 54 lawyers in 2008. A representative from the firm stated that
most had worked in its real estate division.
www.nytimes.com, 11/11/2008
The lawyers that were fired are an example of ________ unemployment.
A) frictional
B) structural
C) efficiency wage
D) cyclical
Answer: D
Skill: Conceptual
154
9) In late 2006, the unemployment rate increased from 4.4 percent to 4.5 percent. It was reported
that new jobs were created in several sectors including accounting, engineering services,
computer design and education. These increases offset job losses in the construction and
automobile industries. At the same time, the natural unemployment rate was estimated to be
about 5.5 percent
Based on the story, the labor market reflects
A) a positive output gap.
B) a negative output gap.
D) efficiency wages.
Answer: A
Topic: Output Gap
Skill: Conceptual
10) Inflation in Vietnam rose to 27 percent in July 2008—the highest inflation rate in Asia.
"Squeezed on all sides, people are cutting back on food, limiting travel, looking for second jobs,
delaying major purchases and waiting for the cost of a wedding to go down before
marrying...Given this slowdown, Vietnam... is scaling back its plans for growth and economic
development. ... Some are losing confidence in the ability of the government to manage the
economy. And rumors of price increases have caused panic buying of fuel and rice."
The story provides an example of how inflation
A) redistributes income.
B) diverts resources from production.
C) leads to increases in the consumer price index.
D) can lead to changes in the CPI market basket.
Answer: B
Topic: Inflation
Skill: Conceptual
11) In 2000, you could buy a Cadillac DTS for $45,000. In 2011, the Cadillac DTS sold for
$55,000. While both models include anti-lock brakes and air bags (along with other similar
features), the 2011 model also includes satellite radio and new technology that provides
improved gas mileage and safer driving. If the Cadillac DTS was included in the CPI basket, it
would create
A) a downward bias in the inflation rate.
B) an upward bias in the CPI as a result of quality change bias.
C) an upward bias in the CPI as a result of commodity substitution bias.
D) a downward bias in the CPI as a result of new goods bias.
Answer: B
Skill: Conceptual
155
12) The table below shows the price index for Zimbabwe starting in 2000.
Year Price Index

2000 100.0
2001 173.4
2002 404.37
2003 1880.5
2004 8462.2
2005 28,586.6
2006 319,222.5
www.econstats.com
Which of the following statements CORRECTLY describe the behavior of prices in Zimbabwe?
I. The cost of the CPI basket increased.
II. The inflation rate was 73.4 percent between 2000 and 2001.
A) I only
B) II only
C) both I and II
D) neither I nor II
Answer: C
Topic: Inflation
Skill: Analytical
13) The table below shows the price index for Zimbabwe starting in 2000.
Year Price Index

2000 100.0
2001 173.4
2002 404.37
2003 1880.5
2004 8462.2
2005 28,586.6
2006 319,222.5
www.econstats.com
The data show that

A) the inflation rate between the base year and 2001 is 73.4 percent.
B) new goods bias and quality change bias are responsible for most of Zimbabwe's inflation.
C) the inflation rate between 2005 and 2006 was 319.2 percent.
D) while Zimbabwe experienced a high price level, it did not experience high inflation.
Answer: A
Topic: Inflation
Skill: Analytical
156
14) The table below shows the price index for China starting in 2000.
Year Price Index

2000 100.0
2001 100.73
2002 99.95
2003 101.12
2004 105.06
2005 106.95
2006 108.52
www.econstats.com
Which of the following statements CORRECTLY describes the behavior of prices in China?
A) The cost of the CPI basket decreased in 2002.
B) China experienced a high price level and high inflation.
C) Inflation reached 73% between the base year and 2001.
D) The inflation rate between 2005 and 2006 was 14.4 percent.
Answer: A
Topic: Inflation
Skill: Analytical
15) The table below shows the price index for China starting in 2000.
Year Price Index

2000 100.0
2001 100.73
2002 99.95
2003 101.12
2004 105.06
2005 106.95
2006 108.52
www.econstats.com
The inflation rate between 2004 and 2005 was

A) 3.9 percent
B) 2.8 percent
C) 1.8 percent
D) 0.7 percent.
Answer: C
Topic: Inflation
Skill: Analytical
157
16) ABC news in Australia reported that the average annual wage in 2008 was $13,308. To
calculate the real wage rate in Australia, you would need to know
A) Australia's inflation rate between 2007 and 2008.
B) Australia's price level in 2008.
C) the core inflation rate in Australia in 2008.
D) the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Australian dollar.
Answer: B
Topic: Real Wage Rate
Skill: Conceptual
17) The table below shows Vietnam's price index between 2004 and 2007.
Year Price Index

2004 115.15
2005 124.65
2006 134
2007 145.12
www.econstats.com
From the data, we can conclude that

A) the inflation rate 2005 and 2006 was 7.5 percent.
B) food and energy prices in Vietnam were increasing between 2004 and 2007.
C) commodity substitution bias occurred over the four years.
D) deflation occurred between 2005 and 2006 as price increased more slowly than in 2004.
Answer: A
Topic: Inflation
Skill: Analytical
5 Essay Questions
1) Why is unemployment a problem?

Answer: Unemployment is a problem for both the nation and for the unemployed worker. For
the nation, unemployment represents lost production and lost incomes. The lost income is also a
major problem for the unemployed worker. In the long run, the worker also suffers a loss of
human capital which can permanently damage the worker's future job prospects.
Topic: Unemployment
Skill: Conceptual
158
2) How does the Current Population Survey determine if a person should be counted in the labor
force?
Answer: To be in the labor force, a person must either be employed or unemployed. To be
counted as "employed," in the week prior to the survey the person must either have worked for
pay for one hour or more or else worked without pay for fifteen hours or more in a family-owned
business or else been temporarily absent from his or her job. To be counted as unemployed in the
survey, the person must have had no job, been available for work, and either made specific
efforts to find work within the previous four weeks or else be waiting to be recalled to a job from
which they were laid off.
Skill: Recognition
3) How is the unemployment rate calculated? Include in your answer the process by which the
U.S. Census Bureau classifies the data it collects in its Current Population Survey.
Answer: The U.S. Census Bureau conducts the Current Population Survey which asks questions
about the age and employment status of household members. The population is divided into the
working-age population (everyone 16 or older who is available to work) and all the others. The
working age population is divided into the labor force and those not in the labor force. The labor
force includes all those who are working (either part-time or full-time) and those who are
unemployed. The unemployment rate is the ratio of the unemployed to the labor force multiplied
by 100 to convert it into a percentage.
Skill: Conceptual
4) The current U.S. population is about 300 million yet the current U.S. labor force is only about
150 million. What subtractions are made from the population number to set it equal to the labor
force?
Answer: The population is first reduced by eliminating those who are less than 16 years of age
or institutionalized. Then those who are neither working nor looking for work are eliminated.
This leaves just those who are employed or unemployed. These two groups together comprise
the labor force.
Topic: Employment Calculations
Skill: Recognition
159
5) What is the definition of the unemployment rate? How are part-time workers and discouraged
workers treated when calculating the unemployment rate?
Answer: The definition of the unemployment rate is [(number of unemployed) ÷ (labor force)] ×
100. In this calculation, the labor force equals the sum of employed plus unemployed people.
Part-time workers are counted as employed. Thus part-time workers are counted in the labor
force but are NOT counted as unemployed. Discouraged workers are people who have stopped
looking for work and so are not in the labor force. Hence, when calculating the unemployment
rate, discouraged workers are counted in neither the number of unemployed nor in the labor
force.
Skill: Conceptual
6) How does the unemployment rate change in a recession and in an expansion?

Answer: During a recession, the unemployment rate generally increases. During an expansion,
the unemployment rate generally decreases.
Skill: Conceptual
7) Define the unemployment rate and labor-force participation rate. Discuss the differences
between these two rates.
Answer: The unemployment rate is defined as [(number of unemployed) ÷ (labor force)] × 100,
and the labor force participation rate is defined as is [(labor force) ÷ (working-age population)] ×
100. The two measures give different perspectives on the labor market. The labor force
participation rate tells the percentage of the working-age population that is either working or is
available for work. The unemployment rate tells the percentage of the people working or
available for work (the labor force) who do not have jobs.
Topic: Unemployment Rate and Labor Force Participation Rate
Skill: Conceptual
8) What is a "marginally attached worker"?

Answer: A marginally attached worker is a person without a job, who is available and willing to
work, but who has stopped looking in the recent past. One type of marginally attached worker is
a discouraged worker. Essentially, a discouraged worker is someone who wants a job but has
grown so "discouraged" about finding one, he or she has stopped looking.
Skill: Conceptual
160
9) What is a discouraged worker? How do they affect the unemployment rate?
Answer: A discouraged worker is a person without a job, who is available and willing to work,
but who has not made specific efforts to find a job within the past four weeks. Essentially, a
discouraged worker is someone who wants a job but has grown so "discouraged" about finding
one, he or she has stopped looking. Discouraged workers are not in the labor force so in one
sense they do not affect the unemployment rate. However, if they re-enter the labor force to look
for work, the unemployment will increase because while they are searching they are now
counted among the ranks of the unemployed.
Skill: Conceptual
10) Explain how the labor force participation rate and the unemployment rate change in a
recession.
Answer: The labor force participation rate tends to decrease during a recession as more workers
become discouraged. The unemployment rate increases during a recession because there are
fewer jobs.
Topic: Labor Market in a Recession
Skill: Conceptual
11) List and define the three types of unemployment.

Answer: The three types are frictional, structural and cyclical. Frictional unemployment is
defined as the normal turnover in the labor market of workers entering and leaving the work
force. Structural unemployment is caused by technological change or international competition
that causes jobs to disappear. Cyclical unemployment is caused by business cycle fluctuations
that change the unemployment rate.
Topic: Types of Unemployment
Skill: Recognition
12) What are the three types of unemployment and how do they change over the business cycle?
Answer: The three types of unemployment are frictional, structural, and cyclical. Of these three
types, the first two—frictional and structural unemployment—have no strong relationship to the
business cycle. The third type, cyclical unemployment, however is the result of the business
cycle. When the economy is in a recession and people lose their jobs as a result of the recession,
the unemployed workers are cyclically unemployed. Conversely, when the economy is in an
expansion, cyclical unemployment decreases. Hence, cyclical unemployment increases during a
recession and decreases during an expansion.
Skill: Recognition
161
13) Give an example of a frictionally unemployed person.
Answer: A person who is without a job because of a normal labor market turnover is frictionally
unemployed. For instance, a student who just graduated from school and is looking for a job is
frictionally unemployed as is a worker who quit to look for a better job.
Skill: Conceptual
14) Define and give an example of how a spell of frictional unemployment can begin.
Answer: Frictional unemployment is the unemployment resulting from normal turnover in the
labor market. For instance, there are always people entering or reentering the labor force
(entrants and reentrants) and while these people look for work, they are frictionally unemployed.
Similarly, there are always some people who quit their jobs to look for something better, and
these people are frictionally unemployed. And, there is always a normal ebb and flow among
firms as some gain sales while others lose them. The losers may release workers and these
people also are frictionally unemployed.
Skill: Conceptual
15) Can frictional unemployment ever be totally eliminated? Explain your answer.
Answer: Frictional unemployment arises from normal labor market turnover. Because this type
of unemployment is associated with normal changes, it is impossible to be eliminated. Indeed,
some frictional unemployment is purely voluntary, with these unemployed workers choosing to
become unemployed because they expect to find a job that is more satisfying.
Skill: Conceptual
16) Explain the difference between frictional and structural unemployment.

Answer: Frictional unemployment is more short term and is associated with people changing
jobs and entering the labor force. Structural unemployment is more long term and is associated
with changes in the structure of the economy that require people to learn new skills.
Skill: Conceptual
17) Give an example of a structurally unemployed person.

Answer: A person who loses his or her job because his firm had to close because of foreign
competition or because he or she no longer possesses the skills necessary for a job is structurally
unemployed.
Skill: Conceptual
162
18) Define and give an example of how a spell of structural unemployment can begin.
Answer: Structural unemployment arises when changes in technology or international
competition changes the skills necessary for jobs or change the location of jobs. For instance,
technological change, such as the invention of the personal computer, can switch the skills
needed for jobs, say from the ability to repair typewriters to the ability to repair computers. In
this case, the people who lose their jobs and do not have the necessary skills to perform the new
jobs are structurally unemployed. In addition, there are times when foreign competition causes
large downscaling in sectors of the U.S. economy as U.S. firms find that they cannot compete
with foreign firms. In this case, the U.S. workers who lose their jobs do not go overseas to take
jobs in the expanding foreign companies, so the workers are structurally unemployed.
Skill: Conceptual
19) Give an example of a cyclically unemployed person.

Answer: A person who loses his or her job because of a recession is cyclically unemployed.
Skill: Conceptual
20) Explain what type of unemployment changes with the business cycle and how it changes.
Answer: Cyclical unemployment is the unemployment that changes with the business cycle.
Cyclical unemployment rises when the economy is in the recession part of a business cycle and
decreases when the economy is in the expansion part of the business cycle.
Skill: Conceptual
21) Why is there unemployment even when the economy is at "full employment"?
Answer: There is unemployment even at "full employment" because there always will be
unemployment. Unemployment is a natural occurrence in any economy with changes, such as
high school or college graduates entering the labor force, or technological advances in one
sector, or consumer preferences changing to favor one product over another. Frictional and
structural unemployment will always exist. Cyclical unemployment, however, is a different
matter. Cyclical unemployment does not seem to have the same degree of inevitability and hence
full employment is defined as occurring when cyclical unemployment equals zero.
Skill: Conceptual
163
22) What is the relationship between the natural unemployment rate, the unemployment rate,
potential GDP, and actual GDP?
Answer: When the economy is at potential GDP, the unemployment rate is the natural
unemployment rate. If actual GDP is less than potential GDP, then the unemployment rate
exceeds the natural unemployment rate. And if actual GDP exceeds potential GDP, then the
unemployment rate is less than the natural unemployment rate.
Topic: Actual and Potential GDP
Skill: Conceptual
23) Explain the relationship(s) between full employment, cyclical unemployment, the natural
unemployment rate, and potential GDP.
Answer: The economy is at full employment when there is no cyclical unemployment. The
unemployment rate at full employment is called the natural unemployment rate. Because there is
no cyclical unemployment, the natural unemployment rate is comprised of only frictional and
structural unemployment. The level of output that the economy would produce if it was at full
employment is called potential GDP.
Skill: Recognition
24) Consider the following statement: "Real GDP and potential GDP are always equal." Is this
statement true or false? Explain your answer.
Answer: Real GDP often differs from potential GDP. Real GDP equals potential GDP only
when the economy is at full employment. However, the economy is not always at full
employment. When employment is less than full employment, real GDP is less than potential
GDP and the economy is in a recession. When employment exceeds full employment, real GDP
exceeds potential GDP and the economy is in an expansion.
Skill: Recognition
25) What is potential GDP and what is the relationship between actual and potential real GDP?
Answer: The quantity of GDP at full employment is called potential GDP. Over the business
cycle, real GDP fluctuates around potential GDP. When the unemployment rate is higher than
the natural rate, real GDP is less than potential GDP and when the unemployment rate is lower
than the natural rate, real GDP exceeds potential GDP.
Skill: Recognition
164
26) Explain the relationship between real GDP and potential GDP and between the
unemployment rate and the natural unemployment rate as the economy moves through a business
cycle.
Answer: Potential GDP is the level of GDP when the economy is at full employment. Real GDP
is the level of GDP and can be above or below potential GDP depending on whether employment
is above or below full employment. The natural unemployment rate is the unemployment rate
when the economy is at full employment. The unemployment rate can be above or below the
natural unemployment rate. In a recession, real GDP is less than potential GDP and
unemployment exceeds the natural rate. In an expansion, real GDP is greater than potential GDP
and unemployment is less than the natural rate.
Skill: Conceptual
27) What is the relationship over the business cycle of potential GDP and real GDP?
Answer: The level of output that the economy would produce if it was at full employment is
called potential GDP. However, the economy is not always at full employment. In a recession,
employment is less than full employment and so real GDP is less than potential GDP. And, in an
expansion, employment can exceed full employment so that real GDP exceeds potential GDP.
Skill: Conceptual
28) What are the three stages of constructing the CPI?

Answer: The first stage is to select the CPI basket. The basket is determined by surveying the
spending habits of consumers by conducting a Consumer Expenditure Survey. The second stage
is to check the prices of about 80,000 goods and services in 30 metropolitan areas. This checking
is done on a monthly basis. The third stage is to calculate the CPI itself. To calculate the CPI, a
period of time is selected as the base reference period and the cost of the CPI basket using the
prices from that period is computed. Then the CPI in any other month equals 100 times the
quotient of the cost of the basket using current-period prices divided by the cost of the basket in
the reference base period.
Skill: Conceptual
29) "The market basket used to calculate the CPI is revised monthly to more accurately depict
consumers' choices. The price data for the CPI are collected every month." Are the previous
sentences true or false?
Answer: The first sentence is false and the second is true. The point of the CPI is to determine
how the prices of a fixed basket of goods and services change over time, so the CPI basket is
revised only infrequently. However, the prices for the goods and services in the basket are
collected monthly so that the CPI can be computed monthly.
Skill: Conceptual
165
30) Assume that after you graduate, you move to a simple economy in which only three goods
are produced and consumed: fish, fruit, and meat. Suppose that on January 1, fish sold for $2.50
per pound, meat was $3.00 per pound, and fruit was $1.50 per pound. At the end of the year, you
discover that the catch was low and that fish prices had increased to $5.00 per pound, but fruit
prices stayed at $1.50 per pound, and meat prices had actually fallen to $2.00. Can you say what
happened to the overall CPI, in terms of whether it increased, decreased, or stayed the same? Do
you have enough information to calculate the inflation rate? Note, this problem requires no
calculation; just state and explain your answers.
Answer: You cannot say what happened to the CPI because you do not know the quantities in
the basket. You also do not have enough information to determine the inflation rate because you
need the CPI at the beginning and the end of the year to compute the inflation rate.
Skill: Conceptual
31) What is inflation and how is it measured using the Consumer Price Index?
Answer: The inflation rate is the percentage change in the price level from one year to the next.
In other words, it is the growth rate of the price level. The CPI is a measure of the price level and
so can be used to calculate the inflation rate.
Skill: Conceptual
32) List the four sources of bias in the CPI and briefly explain them.
Answer: There are four potential biases. First is the new goods bias, which occurs when new,
higher priced goods replace older goods. Second is the quality change bias, which occurs when
the CPI fails to take account of quality improvements that raise prices. Third is the commodity
substitution bias, which occurs when consumers shift their purchases away from goods whose
relative prices rise toward lower priced goods. Last is the outlet substitution bias, which because
with higher prices, people switch to low-cost discount stores.
Topic: Biased CPI
Skill: Conceptual
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33) Is the CPI a biased measure of the inflation rate? Explain your answer.
Answer: There are at least four sources of bias in the CPI measure. The first bias is the new
goods bias, which refers to the fact that new goods are continuously replacing old ones. Because
the new goods are often both of higher quality and higher priced, their introduction complicates
measuring the CPI. The new goods bias biases the CPI upwards. Second, the CPI is not always
adjusted for improvements in the quality of the products, which is the quality change bias. A
price hike that reflects a quality increase often is mistakenly recorded as only a price hike, with
no recognition given to the higher quality. Third, consumers substitute relatively lower priced
goods for goods that increase in price, which is called commodity substitution. However, the CPI
doesn't take this substitution into account, thereby giving rise to the commodity substitution bias.
Fourth, when faced with price hikes, consumers switch away from buying at full service stores to
buying from discount stores because the prices in the discount stores are lower. Once again, the
CPI does not take account of this outlet substitution and so the CPI suffers from the outlet
substitution bias.
Topic: Biased CPI
Skill: Conceptual
34) "The new goods bias puts a downward bias into the CPI and its measure of the inflation
rate." Is the previous sentence correct or not? Explain your answer.
Answer: The sentence is false because the new goods bias puts an upward bias into the CPI and
its measure of the inflation rate. The new goods bias occurs when new, higher quality and more
expensive goods replace older, lower quality and less expensive goods. Part of the expense of the
new goods is to pay for the higher quality of the new goods. But, if the price is not adjusted
(downward) to take account of the higher quality, incorporating the new good into the CPI leads
to an upward bias in the prices that go to make up the CPI and hence also an upward bias in the
inflation rate.
Topic: The Biased CPI, New Goods Bias
Skill: Conceptual
35) What is the commodity substitution bias? What effect does it have on the CPI?
Answer: The commodity substitution bias refers to the fact that people switch (substitute) away
from goods and services that have risen in price and buy more goods and services that have not
risen as much in price. Thus if then price of Coke rises 20 cents while Pepsi's price does not
change, many people will substitute Pepsi for Coke. The commodity substitution bias in the CPI
occurs because the CPI uses a fixed basket of goods and services. So, if the basket contains, say,
10 bottles of Coke and 8 bottles of Pepsi, the basket will not change even though people change
their buying patterns in favor of Pepsi and away from Coke. The change in people's buying
patterns offsets, at least to a degree, the effect of higher prices. In the Coke/Pepsi case, by
purchasing more Pepsi and less Coke, people have insulated themselves from part of the effect of
the higher price of Coke. However the CPI does not take this change into account and so the CPI
reflects the full effect of the higher price of Coke, thereby overstating the actual inflation that
people experience.
Topic: The Biased CPI, Commodity Substitution Bias
Skill: Conceptual
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36) "The bias in the CPI distorts private contracts because a future payment that is linked to the
CPI will be raised above the true increase in the price level." Is the previous sentence true or
false?
Answer: The sentence is correct. The fact that the payments increase by more than the true
increase in the price level means that one party to the contract benefits more, the higher the
inflation rate.
Topic: The Biased CPI, Private Contracts
Skill: Conceptual
37) Explain the CPI bias and how it can distort private contracts and increase government
outlays.
Answer: The CPI bias is the point that the CPI overstates the true inflation rate. The amount of
the bias has been estimated at 1.1 percentage points per year. Thus when workers sign a contract
that links their wages to the CPI in order to adjust the wages to offset inflation, the adjustment is
too large. Wages rise by more than is necessary to keep pace with inflation. Thus a contract that
might have been designed to keep workers "even" with inflation is distorted so that workers
actually gain. Similarly, many government outlays, such as Social Security, are linked to the
CPI. Thus the adjustment in these expenditures exceeds the amount necessary for inflation, and
hence the amount of the government's outlays increases by more than is appropriate for inflation.
Topic: The Biased CPI, Government Outlays
Skill: Conceptual
38) What, if any, is the impact of the CPI bias on government spending?
Answer: About one-third of government outlays, such as Social Security, are linked to the CPI
so that these sources of government spending increase when the CPI increases. Because the CPI
overstates the actual inflation rate, government spending increases by more than is warranted by
inflation. Hence the CPI bias increases the amount of government outlays.
Topic: The Biased CPI, Government Outlays
Skill: Conceptual
39) How is the GDP deflator is calculated.

Answer: The GDP deflator equals 100 times the nominal GDP divided by real GDP, or in terms
of symbols, the GDP deflator equals (100) × (nominal GDP) ÷ (real GDP).
Topic: GDP Deflator
Skill: Recognition
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6 Numeric and Graphing Questions
1) The unemployment rate is 6 percent. If the population is 300 million, and the number
unemployed is 6 million and the number employed is 94 million, what is the size of the labor
force?
Answer: The labor force is the sum of the number of employed people plus the number of
unemployed people. Hence the labor force equals 94 million + 6 million = 100 million.
Skill: Analytical
2) Suppose the current unemployment rate is 5 percent, the labor force is 400 million people, the
labor force participation rate is 80 percent and the working-age population is 500 million people.
What number of people are unemployed?
Answer: The number of unemployed people equals the labor force multiplied by the
unemployment rate. So the number of unemployed people is (400 million) × (5 percent) = 20
million people.
Skill: Analytical
3) Suppose that the U.S. population is 275 million. Also assume that the labor force is 135
million and that 130 million people are employed. Calculate the unemployment rate.
Answer: The unemployment rate is (5 million unemployed) ÷ (135 million labor force) × 100 =
3.7 percent.
Skill: Analytical
people. What is the unemployment rate?
Answer: The unemployment rate is (20 million unemployed) ÷ (150 million labor force) × 100 =
13.3 percent.
Skill: Analytical
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5) Suppose the working-age population is 150 million, the labor force is 125 million, and
employment is 120 million.
a) What is the unemployment rate?
b) Now suppose that 2 million students graduate from college and begin to look for jobs. What
is the new unemployment rate if none of the students have found jobs yet?
c) Suppose that all 2 million students find jobs. What is the unemployment rate now?
Answer:
a) The unemployment rate is (5 million unemployed) ÷ (125 million labor force) × 100 = 4.0
percent.
b) The unemployment rate is (7 million unemployed) ÷ (127 million labor force) × 100 = 5.5
percent.
c) The unemployment rate is (5 million unemployed) ÷ (127 million labor force) × 100 = 3.9
percent.
Skill: Analytical
6) Suppose there are 180 million employed people and 20 million unemployed people.
a) What is the unemployment rate?
b) Suppose that 5 million unemployed people give up their search for jobs and become
discouraged workers. What is the new official unemployment rate?
Answer:
a) The unemployment rate is (20 million unemployed) ÷ (200 million labor force) × 100 = 10.0
percent.
b) The unemployment rate is (15 million unemployed) ÷ (195 million labor force) × 100 = 7.7
percent.
Topic: Unemployment Rate and Discouraged Workers
Skill: Analytical
7) Consider the following scenario. Initially the economy has 90 million people working, 10
million people unemployed, and 20 million people not in the labor force. Then prospects for the
economy improve. Five million people who previously were not in the labor force now join the
10 million previously unemployed in looking for work. For now, the economy remains with 90
million workers. What happens to the unemployment rate?
Answer: The unemployment rate rises from 10.0 percent, (10 million unemployed) ÷ (100
million labor force) × 100, to 14.3 percent, (15 million unemployed) ÷ (105 million labor force)
× 100.
Topic: Unemployment Rate and Discouraged Workers
Skill: Analytical
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Number of people
Category
(millions)
Labor force 139
Employed 133
Unemployed 6
8) Based on the information in the above table, what is the unemployment rate? What is the labor
force participation rate?
Answer: The unemployment rate equals (6 million unemployed) ÷ (139 million labor force) ×
100 = 4.3 percent. The labor force participation rate equals (139 million labor force) ÷ (207
million working-age population) × 100 = 67.1 percent.
Skill: Analytical
9) If the base year CPI basket costs $250 and next year the CPI basket costs $275, what is next
year's CPI?
Answer: The CPI equals 100 × ($275/$250) = 110.
Skill: Analytical
171
Quantity Price
Item
(2015) (2015)
Loaves of bread 20 $3.00
Jugs of soda 20 $2.00
Quantity Price
Item
(2016) (2016)
Loaves of bread 22 $4.00
Jugs of soda 30 $1.50
10) The tables above give the purchases of an average consumer in a small economy. (These
consumers purchase only loaves of bread and jugs of soda.) Suppose 2015 is the reference base
period.
a) What quantities are in the CPI basket?
b) What is the cost of the CPI basket using 2015 prices?
c) What is the cost of the CPI basket using 2016 prices?
d) What is the CPI in 2016?
Answer:
a) The quantities in the CPI basket are the 2015 quantities because 2015 is the reference base
period. So, the quantities are 20 loaves of bread and 20 jugs of soda.
b) The cost of the CPI basket using 2015 prices is (20 loaves) × ($3) + (20 jugs) × ($2) = $100.
c) The cost of the CPI basket using 2016 prices is (20 loaves) × ($4) + (20 jugs) × ($1.50) =
$110. Note that the quantities used in this calculation are the quantities in the CPI basket.
d) The CPI in 2016 equals 100 times the cost of the CPI basket at 2016 prices divided by the
cost of the CPI basket at 2015 (base period) prices. The CPI equals 100 × ($110) ÷ ($100) = 110.
Skill: Analytical
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Quantity Price
Item
(2015) (2015)
Shampoo 25 $2.35
Pizza 15 $7.50
Quantity Price
Item
(2016) (2016)
Shampoo 25 $2.50
Pizza 15 $7.75
11) The tables above give the purchases of an average consumer in a small economy. (These
consumers purchase only shampoo and pizza.) Suppose 2015 is the reference base period.
a) What is the cost of the CPI basket in 2015 and 2016?
b) What is the CPI in 2015 and in 2016?
c) What is the inflation rate between 2015 and 2016?
Answer:
a) For 2015 the CPI basket costs $171.25. For 2016 the CPI basket costs $178.75.
b) For 2015, the base period, the CPI is 100.0. For 2016 the CPI is ($178.75/$171.25) × 100,
which is 104.4.
c) Between the two years the inflation rate is equal to [(104.4 - 100.0)/100] × 100, which is 4.4
percent.
Skill: Analytical
173
Quantity Price
Item
(2015) (2015)
Meals 100 $10.00
Parking 50 $100.00
Quantity Price
Item
(2016) (2016)
Meals 100 $12.00
Parking 50 $97.50
12) The tables above give the purchases of a typical consumer in a country comprised of one
large city. These consumers purchase only restaurant meals and parking. The year 2015 is the
reference base period.
a) Find the total cost of the CPI basket for 2015 and 2016.
b) What is the CPI in 2012 and in 2016?
c) What is the inflation rate between 2015 and 2016?
Answer:
a) The total cost of the CPI basket in 2015 equals (100 meals) × ($10) + (50 parking) × ($100)
= $6,000. The total cost of the CPI basket in 2016 equals (100 meals) × ($12) + (50 parking) ×
($97.50) = $6,075. The quantities are the same in 2015 and 2016. If the quantities differed, the
2015 quantities would be used because 2015 is the base year.
b) The CPI in 2015 is 100 because 2015 is the base period. (Alternatively, the CPI in 2015
equals 100 × ($6,000)/$6,000) = 100.) The CPI in 2016 equals 100 × ($6075)/($6,000) = 101.25.
c) The inflation rate between 2015 and 2016 equals 100 × [(101.25 - 100) ÷ (100)] = 1.25
percent.
Skill: Analytical
174
Quantity Price Price
Item
(2015) (2015) (2016)
Oranges 50 $0.90 $0.75
Bananas 100 $0.50 $0.95
Chicken 200 $2.00 $2.50
Beef 100 $5.00 $4.80
Bread 300 $1.75 $2.00
13) The table above gives the CPI basket for 2015. Suppose that 2015 is the reference base
period.
a) What is the cost of the CPI basket in 2015?
b) What is the cost of the CPI basket in 2016?
c) What is the CPI for 2015?
d) What is the CPI for 2016?
Answer:
a) The cost of the CPI basket in 2015 is $1,520.00.
b) The cost of the CPI basket in 2016 is $1,712.50.
c) The CPI for 2015 is 100 because 2015 is the base period.
d) The CPI for 2016 equals 100 × [$1,712.50 ÷ $1,520.00] = 112.66.
Skill: Analytical
14) If the CPI this year is 175.2 and next year the CPI is 176.1, what was the inflation rate over
the year?
Answer: The inflation rate equals 100 × [(176.1 - 175.2) ÷ 175.2] = 0.5 percent.
Skill: Analytical
15) Last year the CPI was 177.1 and this year the CPI is 180.9. What was the inflation rate
between these two years?
Answer: The inflation rate equals [(180.9 - 177.1) ÷ 177.1] × 100 = 2.1 percent.
Skill: Analytical
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Year CPI
1997 152.5
1998 157.0
1999 160.6
2000 163.1
2001 166.7
2002 172.3
16) The table above gives the U.S. CPI for six years. Calculate the inflation rates between 1997
to 1998, 1998 to 1999, 1999 to 2000, 2000 to 2001, and 2001 to 2002.
Answer: Between 1997 to 1998, the inflation rate was 3.0 percent. Between 1998 to 1999, the
inflation rate was 2.3 percent. Between 1999 to 2000, the inflation rate was 1.6 percent. Between
2000 to 2001, the inflation rate was 2.2 percent. And between 2001 to 2002, the inflation rate
was 3.4 percent.
Skill: Analytical
17) For each of the following values of nominal GDP and real GDP, calculate the GDP price
deflator.
a) Nominal GDP = $600; real GDP = $800.
b) Nominal GDP = $900; real GDP = $900.
c) Nominal GDP = $1,200; real GDP = $1,000
Answer:
a) The GDP deflator equals ($600 ÷ $800) × 100, which is 75.
b) The GDP deflator equals ($900 ÷ $900) × 100, which is 100.
c) The GDP deflator equals ($1,200 ÷ $1,000) × 100, which is 120.
Topic: GDP Deflator
Skill: Analytical
18) If nominal GDP is $230 for a period and real GDP is $200 for the same period, what is the
GDP deflator for this period?
Answer: The GDP deflator equals 115, or (100) × ($230) ÷ ($200).
Topic: GDP Deflator
Skill: Analytical
7 True or False
1) The working-age population is divided between those people in the labor force and those
people unemployed.
Answer: FALSE
Skill: Recognition
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2) One way to be considered unemployed is to be without a job and looking for work.
Answer: TRUE
Skill: Recognition
3) The labor force is the sum of the working-age population and the number of unemployed
people.
Answer: FALSE
Skill: Conceptual
4) The unemployment rate equals [(the number of people unemployed)/(the population)] × 100.
Answer: FALSE
Skill: Recognition
5) The unemployment rate measures the percentage of the working-age population who can't find
a job.
Answer: FALSE
Skill: Conceptual
6) The unemployment rate measures the percentage of people in the labor force who can't find a
job.
Answer: TRUE
Skill: Conceptual
7) Unlike cyclical unemployment, both frictional and structural unemployment rise during
recessions and fall during expansions.
Answer: FALSE
Skill: Conceptual
8) Frictional, structural and cyclical unemployment are three classifications of unemployment.

Answer: TRUE
Skill: Recognition
9) If a worker is temporarily laid off because the economy is in a recession, frictional
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unemployment increases.
Answer: FALSE
Skill: Conceptual
10) Structural unemployment usually lasts longer than frictional unemployment.

Answer: TRUE
Skill: Conceptual
11) When the economy is at full employment the unemployment rate equals the natural
unemployment rate.
Answer: TRUE
Skill: Recognition
12) The absence of cyclical unemployment means the economy is at the natural unemployment
rate.
Answer: TRUE
Skill: Conceptual
13) The natural unemployment rate increased significantly during the 1980s and the 1990s.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Explaining Employment and Wage Rates
Skill: Recognition
14) The CPI is the average price of all goods and services produced within the economy.
Answer: FALSE
Skill: Recognition
15) The commodity substitution bias is that consumers substitute high-quality goods for low-
quality goods.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Commodity Substitution Bias
Skill: Recognition
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8 Extended Problems
Category Number (millions)

Working age population 222.0
Labor force 146.8
Employment 138.0
1) The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the data in the table above for October 2003.
a) Calculate the number of people unemployed.
b) Calculate the number of people who are not in the labor force
c) Calculate the unemployment rate.
d) Calculate the labor force participation rate.
Answer:
a) The labor force is the sum of the number of people employed plus the number of
unemployed. So the number of people unemployed is the labor force minus the number of
employed: 146.8 - 138.0 = 8.8 million.
b) The number of people who are not in the labor force is the difference between the working
age population and the labor force: 222.0 - 146.8 = 75.2 million.
c) The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed as a percentage of the labor force:
(8.8/146.8) × 100 = 6.0 percent.
d) The labor force participation rate is the percentage of the working-age population who are in
the labor force: (146.8/222.0) × 100 = 66.1 percent.
Skill: Analytical
2) A labor force survey in Brownland records the following data:

Employed: 189,000
Unemployed: 15,000
Not in the labor force: 84,000
a) Calculate the unemployment rate.
b) Calculate the labor force participation rate.
Answer:
a) The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed as a percentage of the labor force. The
labor force is the sum of the number of people employed plus the number of unemployed.
Brownland's labor force is 189,000 + 15,000 = 204,000. So the unemployment rate is
(15,000/204,000) × 100 = 7.4 percent.
b) The labor force participation rate is the percentage of the working-age population who are in
the labor force. The working age population are those who are in the labor force and those who
are not in the labor force. So Brownland's working-age population is 204,000 + 84,000 =
288,000, and its labor force participation rate is (204,000/288,000) × 100 = 70.8 percent.
Skill: Analytical
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3) A typical household in Orangeland consumes only orange juice and shorts. Last year, which
was the base year, the household spent $400 on juice and $120 on shorts. In the base year, juice
was $2 a bottle and shorts were $10 a pair. This year, juice is $3 a bottle, shorts are $12 a pair,
and a typical household has bought 180 bottles of juice and 14 pairs of shorts.
a) What is the basket used in the CPI?
b) Calculate the CPI in the current year.
c) Calculate the inflation rate in the current year.
d) Is the inflation rate that you've calculated likely to be biased? Why or why not?
Answer:
a) The CPI basket is the quantities bought in the base year. In the base year, a typical household
spent $400 on juice at $2 a bottle, so the quantity of juice bought was $400/$2 = 200 bottles. The
household spent $120 on shorts at $10 a pair, so the quantity of shorts bought was $120/$10 =
12. Thus the CPI basket is 200 bottles of juice and 12 pairs of shorts.
b) The cost of the CPI basket last year was $400 + $120 = $520.The cost of the CPI basket in
the current year is $3 × 200 + $12 × 12 = $744. So the CPI is ($744/$520) × 100 = 143.1.
c) The inflation rate is the percentage change in the CPI. Because the last year was also the base
year, the CPI last year was 100. So the inflation rate for the current year is [(143.1 - 100)/100] ×
100, which is 43.1 percent.
d) The calculated CPI is likely to overstate inflation because of the commodity substitution bias.
The relative price of shorts has fallen from 5 to 4 bottles of juice. This fall led consumers to buy
more shorts and less juice. As a result, the actual consumer basket in the current year is less
expensive than the CPI basket. The CPI ignores this commodity substitution, and so overstates
the inflation rate.
Skill: Analytical
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1 Employment and Unemployment

1) The working-age population is defined as the number of

2) The working-age population can be divided into two groups

4) Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?

6) All people in the working-age population can be divided into

8) The labor force is the sum of the

10) The ________ equals the number of ________.

11) The labor force is defined as people

14) The labor force is defined as the number of

15) The labor force is defined as the

16) The labor force is defined as the

18) The labor force is defined as the number of people who

19) Full-time students and prisoners are ________.

20) Which of the following is NOT considered to be in the labor force?

23) The official U-3 unemployment rate

26) Which of the following best fits the definition of unemployed?

31) The unemployment rate is the ________ who are unemployed.

33) The unemployment rate equals

34) The unemployment rate equals the number of

35) The unemployment rate equals

39) The unemployment rate is defined as the

42) The unemployment rate measures the percentage of

Not working Want to work but

66) In the table above, the size of the labor force is

68) In the table above, the official U-3 unemployment rate is

70) The employment-to-population ratio equals

71) The employment-to-population ratio is defined as

72) The employment-to-population ratio is equal to the number of

Not working Want to work but

82) The labor force participation rate is the ratio of

85) The labor force participation rate shows the percentage of

97) In the above table, the working age population is

99) In the above table, the unemployment rate is

100) In the above table, the labor force participation rate is

101) In the above table, the employment-to-population ratio is

110) The labor force participation rate is

111) The employment-to-population ratio is

121) Who of the following is counted as unemployed?

2 Unemployment and Full Employment

2) The three types of unemployment are

6) Frictional unemployment includes

8) Frictional unemployment is the result of

9) Which of the following CORRECTLY describes "frictional unemployment"?

10) Frictional unemployment comes about because of

12) Unemployment caused by people voluntarily leaving their jobs is classified as

16) To prevent frictional unemployment, we would have to

20) When a worker quits a job to look for a better job

29) The best example of a frictionally unemployed individual is

30) Structural unemployment is

32) Structural unemployment is

34) An individual is structurally unemployed if

36) Unemployment caused by changes in technology is called ________ unemployment.

37) Structural unemployment

40) The nation's structural unemployment will increase when

41) A major characteristic of structural unemployment that differentiates it from frictional

49) Nicholas does not possess marketable job skills; therefore, he is

52) Cyclical unemployment

10) The equals the number of .