Why is the natural rate of unemployment always positive?

if it is negative then we have a deficit of workers or more jobs than workers.

Why is the natural rate of unemployment always positive?interest only loan

first concern..

what is %26quot;rate of unemployment%26quot;?

it is a rate/percentage of currently how many people do not have jobs...

can rates be negative..answer yes...

but first of all...

why are they positive??

well...as long as a single person is unemployed...i can assure you that that number is positive...

and if every person has a job, then the rate of unemployment becomes zero...

now...IDEALLY, what if there were too many jobs and too few people...

IF THIS IS POSSIBLE...

but note - this is rate of UNEMPLOYMENT...

so if you get a negative number...

then that wouldn%26#039;t be %26quot;UNEMPLOYMENT%26quot; wouldn%26#039;t it???

it contradicts...

Why is the natural rate of unemployment always positive?

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because George W. is not too concerned with how many people in the U.S. has jobs