During the early 1980s, companies started expanding. One of the results of this expansion was the long-term increase in the number of middle management positions. This change in the way businesses operate would have
A) increased the natural rate of unemployment.
B) decreased the natural rate of unemployment.
C) not affected the natural rate of unemployment.
D) either increased or decreased the natural rate of unemployment.

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The increase in middle management positions would have decreased the natural rate of unemployment as it would have created more job opportunities, thereby decreasing the number of individuals who are unemployed and looking for work.

During the Early 1980s, Companies Started Expanding