Suppose that the natural rate of unemployment in a particular year is 5 percent and the actual rate of unemployment is 9 percent. use okun's law to determine the size of the gdp gap in percentage-point terms. if the potential gdp is $500 billion in that year, how much output is being forgone because of cyclical unemployment?

Lambert manufacturing has $100,000 to invest in either project a or project b. the following data are available on these projects (ignore income taxes.): project a project b cost of equipment needed now $100,000 $60,000 working capital investment needed now - $40,000 annual cash operating inflows $40,000 $35,000 salvage value of equipment in 6 years $10,000 - both projects will have a useful life of 6 years and the total cost approach to net present value analysis. at the end of 6 years, the working capital investment will be released for use elsewhere. lambert's required rate of return is 14%. the net present value of project b is:

:; )write a paragraph of two to three sentences and describe what will happen to a society that does not have a productive workforce?

Which of the following has the largest impact on opportunity cost