Macroeconomics

When working with CPI, we can calculate the cumulative inflation in a market with the following equation: Cumulative inflation % = CPI – 100 Cumulative … Read More

Okun’s Law is the relation of the Okun’s Gap % to the unemployment rate (U) and the natural rate of unemployment (Un). This can be … Read More

Question: Calculate the CPI based on the following table. Survey Year Base Year This Year Px  $3 $4 $6 Py  $6 $8 $12 Qx  10 … Read More

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is an average price index of several hundred consumer goods and services. It details how the prices of these goods … Read More

A discouraged worker is someone who is eligible for employment and can work but has given up looking for work. They are not in the … Read More

The Labor Force Participation Rate (LFPR) tells us what proportion of the population who is able to work is actually working at a given time. … Read More

The total unemployment rate (U) in an economy is the sum of frictional unemployment (Uf), structural unemployment (Us), and cyclical unemployment (Uc). Therefore, we can … Read More

Cyclical unemployment is typically a direct result of the economy being bad. In other words, when the total output (Y) of the economy is less … Read More

Industries that have too many workers cannot employ all of them, thus, some will always be unemployed because they cannot differentiate themselves effectively in the … Read More

Economically, frictional unemployment always occurs. It’s the nature of any economy and the “friction” that occurs in job placement. Frictional unemployment is usually around 3% … Read More