Change in cyclical unemployment

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[Calculating the cyclical unemployment rate] Go to the Web site of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED) (research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/).

a. Find the value for the most recent month and for the month two years earlier for the Civilian Unemployment Rate (UNRATE) and the Natural Rate of Unemployment (NROU).

b. Using the values you found in part (a), calculate the cyclical rate of unemployment.

c. Given the change in cyclical unemployment over this two-year period, what can you conclude about the state of the economy?

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