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MACROECONOMICS FOR TODAY

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Chapter6: Business Cycles And Unemployment

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Jollyland is a hypothetical country. In the year 2015, the unemployment rate in Jollyland is 50%. Let's suppose that 1/4 of the unemployed people in Jollyland found a job in 2016. What is the unemployment rate(in percentage) in 2016

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Unemployment generally means a state of the economy in which people who are fit and willing to work but cannot find a suitable job.

Unemployment = Population/Work force - Employed people

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During 2015,

Unemployment rate in Jolly land is 50%

That means 50% people were employed.

In the year of 2016, 1/4 among this 50% became employed.

1/4 of 50% is 12.5%.

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