An increase in the unemployment rate may be represented as a movement from a point on the production possibility frontier to a different point on the frontier.

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An increase in the unemployment rate is typically represented as a movement from a point on the production possibility frontier (PPF) to a point inside the frontier, indicating underutilization of resources, not a movement along the frontier which implies efficient utilization of resources.

An Increase in the Unemployment Rate May Be Represented as a Movement