The accompanying scatter diagram shows the relationship between the unemployment rate and the output gap in Canada

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The accompanying scatter diagram shows the relationship between the unemployment rate and the output gap in Canada from 1996 to 2016. Draw a straight line through the scatter of dots in the figure. Assume that this line represents Okun€™s law: Unemployment rate = b ˆ’ (m × Output gap) where b is the vertical intercept and ˆ’m is the slope

Unemployment rate 12% 10- -4 -6 -2 2 4 5% Output gap Data from: Statistics Canada. 2.


What is the unemployment rate when aggregate output equals potential output? What would the unemployment rate be if the output gap were 2%? What if the output gap were ˆ’3%? What do these results tell us about the coefficient m in Okun€™s law?

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Macroeconomics

ISBN: 978-1319120054

3rd Canadian edition

Authors: Paul Krugman, Robin Wells, Iris Au, Jack Parkinson

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