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Unemployment

The unemployment rate is the share of the labour force that is willing and able to work but cannot find a job. It comes in several types with very different causes.

Key ideas

  • Frictional: people between jobs. Structural: skills don't match available jobs.
  • Cyclical unemployment rises during recessions.
  • There's often a short-run trade-off between unemployment and inflation (the Phillips curve).

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