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If unemployment rises by 2 percentage points, what will likely happen to output in the United States? (Use Okun's rule of thumb.) LO5
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Okun's rule of thumb is an empirical relationship that suggests for every 1 percentage point increase in the unemployment rate, a country's GDP will be roughly an additional 2 percentage points lower than its potential GDP. Show more…
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