Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Unit Two: Chapter 19- Unemployment (Part Two)

Unemployment

Notes from (2/5/16 and 2/8/16)

GDP Gap- The amount by which actual GDP falls short or potential GDP 

(ARU - NRU) x 2 = GDP Gap

Okun's Law- For every 1% by which actual unemployment rate exceeds the natural rate of unemployment (NRU), a GDP Gap of about 2% occurs

Rule of 70- Used to determine how many years it will take for a value to double given a particular annual growth rate

Example: You put $20,000 in the bank and earns a yearly interest rate of 7%. How many years will it take for your income to double?

70 divided by the 7% interest rate = 10 years


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2 comments:

  1. The equation for GDP Gap was helpful. Next time include a video to demonstrate it.

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  2. Thanks for sharing, I learned something new today, which was okun's law.

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