Answer:
the unemployment rate is above the natural rate of unemployment
Explanation:
The unemployment rate may be defined as the percent of the unemployed people in a total labor force. Workers may be considered as unemployed when they do not work currently, but they are willing to work and are able to do so.
The total labor force of a country includes all the employed as well as the unemployed people within the economy.
The natural rate of unemployment is defined as the unemployment rate which exist in a growing economy.
In the context, total population is given = 30 million
Labor force participation rate = 2/3.
Therefore, labor force = 2/3 of 30 million
= 20 million people
The natural rate of unemployment in Canada is given = 7%
The current unemployed people is = 2 million
Therefore, unemployment rate = (unemployed people/total labor force) x 100
= (2/20) x 100
= 10 %
Thus
natural rate of unemployment in Canada is 7%
unemployment rate is 10%
From here we can see that the unemployemnet rate is higher than the natural rate of unemployment in Canada.
Hence the answer is ---
the unemployment rate is above the natural rate of unemployment
