a.If the economy currently has a frictional unemployment rate of 2 percent, structural unemployment of 2 percent, seasonal unemployment of 0.5 percent, and cyclical unemployment of 2 percent, what is the natural rate of unemployment
The natural rate of unemployment is the sum of the frictional and structural unemployment rate because these represent the unemployment that a country would still experience even if it was at full employment and the actual GDP was equal to its Potential GDP.
