Explanation

• Unemployment changes with the business cycle in an economy.
• During recessions, economic activity slows down and jobs decrease.
• During expansions, production and employment increase.
• So unemployment moves opposite to economic growth.
• It rises in recessions and falls in expansions.

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Explanation

• A firm should shut down if Average Revenue (AR) is less than Average Variable Cost (AVC) because it cannot cover variable costs.
• In perfect competition or monopoly, AR = Price, so price < AVC is the shutdown rule.

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Explanation

• We use “to + verb” to show reason or purpose.
• Here, “wear light clothes” has the purpose of staying cool.
• So the correct structure is “to keep cool.”
• It is a basic infinitive usage rule in English.

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Explanation

• Economic growth depends on certain basic institutional conditions.
• These include markets, property rights, and monetary exchange systems.
• They help ensure production, trade, and investment stability.
• Fiscal and monetary policy are government tools, not preconditions.

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Explanation

Real GDP per person = Nominal / (Deflator / 100)  

= 18,000 / (110 / 100) = 18,000 / 1.10 = $16,363.6

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Explanation

• Dumping occurs when goods are sold in foreign markets at a price lower than their production cost.
• It is often used to eliminate competitors and gain market control.

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Explanation

• The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in 1997 (Kyoto, Japan).
• It is linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
• Its main goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
• This helps in controlling global warming and climate change.

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Explanation

• It explains the relationship between labour input and real GDP.
• When other factors (capital, technology) remain constant, output depends on labour.
• This relationship is called the production function.

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Explanation

• The full idiom is "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned".
• It means that a woman who has been wronged or rejected can be extremely angry or vengeful.

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Explanation

Real GDP = Nominal GDP / (GDP deflator / 100)  

Real GDP = 5 / (125/100) = 5 / 1.25 = $4 trillion

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