Measuring the Economy: Macroeconomic Indicators · Macroeconomics

Unemployment and the Labor Force

Analyzing different types of unemployment and their social and economic consequences.

Key Questions

  1. 1Why is some level of frictional unemployment considered healthy for an economy?
  2. 2How does structural unemployment reflect changes in technology and global trade?
  3. 3Who is left out of the official unemployment rate and why does it matter?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Economic Indicators - Grade 10ON: Labour Markets - Grade 10
Grade: Grade 10
Subject: Economics
Unit: Measuring the Economy: Macroeconomic Indicators
Period: Macroeconomics

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