Economics B A-Level
Cyclical unemployment
What Cyclical unemployment means in Economics B A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Cyclical unemployment
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Unemployment that falls when an outward shift in aggregate demand increases real output, as firms hire more workers.
Topics that use Cyclical unemployment
- The AD/AS model (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Aggregate Demand (AD)
- Cost-push inflation
- Costs of production
- Demand-pull inflation
- Factors of production
- Full capacity output
- Macroeconomic equilibrium
- Movement along the AD curve
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