Question

A decrease in economic activity and the subsequent cutbacks in production that results in employees being laid off leads to

Answer 1

A decrease in economic activity and the subsequent cutbacks in production that results in employees being laid off leads to cyclical unemployment. Cyclical unemployment is the result of cyclical trends within a business. Growth and product both have an impaction on cyclical unemployment because depending on their trends of producing a lot or a little the unemployment rate will fluctuate as well.

Answer 2

In cases where an organization decrease it economic activity and have major cutbacks, it is expected that employees will be laid off. Laying off may lead to an increase of unemployment rate in a certain country in which it will have bigger scale of effects in taxes, bills to pay and as especially if they have families or dependents.