Question

When the economy is at full employment, the Question 1 options:

Answer 1

Answer:

natural unemployment rate equals the unemployment rate.

Explanation:

Full employment is a socio economic term that describes a situation in which the available labor resources are being used in the most efficient way possible ways.

In other words, it does not mean "zero unemployment", but rather it represents the hypothetical full employment level in which highest amount of skilled and unskilled labor can be employed within an economy at any period of time.

Answer 2

Answer:

natural unemployment rate equals the unemployment rate.

Explanation:

Unemployment: when people are not working, but they are actively looking for work

Unemployment rate: The percentage of the labor force that is unemployed

Now, full employment" does not mean "zero unemployment".  It represents the hypothetical unemployment rate.  The natural rate of unemployment is the unemployment rate that would exist in a growing and healthy economy.  When an economy is in a steady state of "full employment", the natural rate of unemployment, is therefore the proportion of the workforce who are unemployed.T his means that the natural unemployment rate equals the unemployment rate.