France: the rise in cyclical unemployment continues

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High Unemployment Is Becoming A Long Term Structural Issue

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Cyclical unemployment is involuntary unemployment due to a lack of aggregate demand.

It is hugely important to prevent cyclical unemployment from turning into structural unemployment

At point B, total involuntary unemployment is given by the sum of cyclical and equilibrium unemployment.

In other words, has the crisis mainly resulted in cyclical unemployment or structural unemployment?

Figure 9.12c At point B, total involuntary unemployment is given by the sum of cyclical and equilibrium unemployment.

Cyclical unemployment is computed by subtracting the OECD estimates of the NAIRU from the unemployment rate.

Figure 3.5 shows the relationship between cyclical unemployment and the level of inflation.

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Long-term unemployment thus means cyclical unemployment can become entrenched as a structural phenomenon.

Cyclical unemployment, ũt, is then derived by subtracting from the unemployment data the estimates of the NAIRU.