Potential Real GDP = $200 Billion Natural Rate of Unemployment = 6 Percent Actual Rate of Unemployment = 12 Percent
Refer to the accompanying data, which is for a specific year in a hypothetical economy for which *Okun's law* is applicable. *The size of the negative GDP gap as a percentage of potential GDP for the economy is*
A. 6 percent. B. 9 percent. C. 12 percent. D. 15 percent.