Natural rate of unemployment (NRU): The unemployment rate that exists when the economy is at full employment, consisting of frictional and structural unemployment only.
How to apply it: Explain that full employment does not mean zero unemployment; the NRU includes frictional and structural but not cyclical unemployment.
Course: AP Macroeconomics · Unit: Economic Indicators and the Business Cycle
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