Question

You are an economist studying the small country of Mardodus. As you look at the data, you see Mardodus has experienced an influx of updated technology to its manufacturing plants, service industry and the medical field in the last three years. This change boosted the growth of the country’s productivity by 75%, yet you see that wages have been very slow to respond to this growth. As you begin to analyze the natural unemployment rate for this time frame, what do you most likely discover?

Answer 1

Answer: Natural rate of unemployment will decrease because the productivity growth in the short term has passed up wage growth.

Explanation:

The natural unemployment rate simply means the lowest unemployment rate where the inflation in the economy is stable.

Based on the information given in the question, if the natural unemployment rate for this time frame.is analyzed, the natural rate of unemployment will reduce due to the fact that the productivity growth in the short term has passed up wage growth.