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O-LevelEconomicsGovernment and the macroeconomy2281/11 · May/June 2012 · Q321 Mark

A country experienced its usual yearly increase in the rate of unemployment. Unfortunately this was followed by the loss of jobs resulting from the regular downturn in global economic activity. Which types of unemployment occurred?

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Acyclical structural
Bfrictional seasonal
Cseasonal cyclical
Dstructural frictional

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C: seasonal cyclical

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Government and the macroeconomy, O-Level Economics (syllabus 2281). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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O-Level Economics, May/June 2012 Paper 1 Variant 1, question 32.

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