PowerPoint Lectures for Principles of Macroeconomics, 9e By

PowerPoint Lectures for Principles of Macroeconomics, 9e By Karl E. Case, Ray C. Fair & Sharon M. Oster ; ;

Unemployment,Inflation, andLong-Run Growth Prepared by: Fernando & Yvonn Quijano

Unemployment,Inflation, andLong-Run Growth PART IICONCEPTS AND PROBLEMSIN MACROECONOMICS 7 11 CHAPTER OUTLINE Unemployment Measuring Unemployment Components of the Unemployment Rate The Costs of Unemployment InflationThe Consumer Price Index The Costs of Inflation Long-Run Growth Output and Productivity Growth Looking Ahead

Unemployment Measuring Unemployment employed Any person 16 years old or older (1) who works for pay, either for someone else or in his or her own business for 1 or more hours per week, (2) who works without pay for 15 or more hours per week in a family enterprise, or (3) who has a job but has been temporarily absent with or without pay. unemployed A person 16 years old or older who is not working, is available for work, and has made specific efforts to find work during the previous 4 weeks.

Unemployment Measuring Unemployment not in the labor force A person who is not looking for work because he or she does not want a job or has given up looking. labor force The number of people employed plus the number of unemployed. labor force = employed + unemployed population = labor force + not in labor force

Unemployment Measuring Unemployment unemployment rate The ratio of the number of people unemployed to the total number of people in the labor force. labor force participation rate The ratio of the labor force to the total population 16 years old or older.

A person not looking for work, because he or she either does not want a job or has given up looking, is classified as: a. Unemployed. b. Not in the labor force. c. In the labor force but not currently employed. d. In the labor force participation rate, but not in the labor force.

Unemployment Measuring Unemployment

Unemployment Components of the Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rates for Different Demographic Groups

Unemployment Components of the Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rates in States and Regions

Unemployment rates in states and regions across the United States reveal that: a. States and regions in the United States generally display the same levels of unemployment. b. The labor force in the United States is almost completely mobile, with workers taking advantage of job opportunities clear across the country. c. A low national rate of unemployment does not mean that the entire nation is growing and producing at the same rate. d. All of the above.

Unemployment Components of the Unemployment Rate A Quiet Revolution: Women Join the Labor Force Unemployment Rates in States and Regions If you are interested in learningmore about the economic history of American women, read the book Understanding the Gender Gap: An Economic History of American Women by Harvard University economist Claudia Goldin.

Unemployment Components of the Unemployment Rate Discouraged-Worker Effects discouraged-worker effect The decline in the measured unemployment rate that results when people who want to work but cannot find jobs grow discouraged and stop looking, thus dropping out of the ranks of the unemployed and the labor force.

Unemployment Components of the Unemployment Rate The Duration of Unemployment

When an unemployed worker becomes discouraged about finding work and stops looking, the unemployment rate will: a. Rise. b. Fall. c. Remain unchanged. d. Increase only if the worker falls out of the labor force.

Unemployment The Costs of Unemployment Some Unemployment Is Inevitable When we consider the various costs of unemployment, it is useful to categorize unemployment into three types: • Frictional unemployment • Structural unemployment • Cyclical unemployment

Unemployment The Costs of Unemployment Frictional, Structural, and Cyclical Unemployment frictional unemployment The portion of unemployment that is due to the normal working of the labor market; used to denote short-run job/skill matching problems. structural unemployment The portion of unemployment that is due to changes in the structure of the economy that result in a significant loss of jobs in certain industries.

Unemployment The Costs of Unemployment Frictional, Structural, and Cyclical Unemployment natural rate of unemployment The unemployment that occurs as a normal part of the functioning of the economy. Sometimes taken as the sum of frictional unemployment and structural unemployment. cyclical unemployment The increase in unemployment that occurs during recessions and depressions.

Unemployment The Costs of Unemployment Social Consequences In addition to economic hardship, prolonged unemployment may also bring with it social and personal ills: anxiety, depression, deterioration of physical and psychological health, drug abuse (including alcoholism), and suicide.

Inflation The Consumer Price Index consumer price index (CPI) A price index computed each month by the Bureau of Labor Statistics using a bundle that is meant to represent the “market basket” purchased monthly by the typical urban consumer.

Inflation The Consumer Price Index  FIGURE 7.1 The CPI Market Basket The CPI market basket shows how a typical consumer divides his or her money among various goods and services. Most of a consumer’s money goes toward housing, transportation, and food and beverages. Source: The Bureau of Labor Statistics

The CPI market basket shows that most of a typical consumer’s money goes toward: a. Recreation, medical care, and education. b. Food and beverage, apparel, and other goods and services. c. Housing, transportation, and food and beverages. d. None of the above. The typical consumer spends about the same amount of money on each of the categories listed in the choices above.

Inflation The Consumer Price Index

Inflation The Consumer Price Index producer price indexes (PPIs) Measures of prices that producers receive for products at all stages in the production process. The indexes are calculated separately for various stages in the production process. The three main categories are finished goods, intermediate materials, and crude materials, although there are subcategories within each of these categories.

Inflation The Costs of Inflation Inflation May Change the Distribution of Income real interest rate The difference between the interest rate on a loan and the inflation rate. The indexes are calculated separately for various stages in the production process. The three main categories are finished goods, intermediate materials, and crude materials, although there are subcategories within each of these categories.

The interest rate stated in a loan contract is: a. The real rate of interest. b. The nominal rate of interest minus the rate of inflation. c. The real rate of interest plus the rate of inflation. d. The same as the rate of inflation.

Inflation The Costs of Inflation Administrative Costs and Inefficiencies There may also be costs associated even with anticipated inflation. One is the administrative cost associated with simply keeping up. Public Enemy Number One? Economists have debated the seriousness of the costs of inflation for decades. No matter what the real economic cost of inflation, people do not like it.

Long-Run Growth output growth The growth rate of the output of the entire economy. per-capita output growth The growth rate of output per person in the economy. productivity growth The growth rate of output per worker.

Which of the following is part of an ideal economy? a. Rapid growth of output per worker. b. Low unemployment. c. Low inflation. d. All of the above.

Long-Run Growth Output and Productivity Growth  FIGURE 7.2 Output per Worker Hour (Productivity), 1952 I–2007 IV Productivity grew much faster in the 1950s and 1960s than since.

The two features immediately clear when you examine the trend in productivity in the United States over the past fifty years are: a. An upward trend and fairly sizable fluctuations around that trend. b. An upward trend and relatively small fluctuations around that trend. c. A downward trend and fairly sizable fluctuations around that trend. d. A downward trend and relatively small fluctuations around that trend.

Long-Run Growth Output and Productivity Growth  FIGURE 7.3 Capital per Worker, 1952 I–2007 IV Capital per worker grew until about 1980 and then leveled off somewhat.

REVIEW TERMS AND CONCEPTS producer price indexes (PPIs) productivity growth real interest rate structural unemployment unemployed unemployment rate 1. Labor force = employed + unemployed 2. Population = labor force + not in labor force 3. 4. consumer price index (CPI) cyclical unemployment discouraged-worker effect employed frictional unemployment labor force labor force participation rate natural rate of unemployment not in the labor force output growth per-capita output growth

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