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OKUN’S LAW Definition & Legal Meaning

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Stated by US economics professor Arthur M. Okun, the law defines the relationship between a fall in Gross National Product and unemployment. It states that unemployment increases by one percent for every three percent drop in the ratio of actual GNO to the full capacity GNP.

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