单选题 Cyclical unemployment is closely associated with:

A、 long-term economic growth.
B、 fluctuations in the natural rate of unemployment.
C、 short-run fluctuations in the economy.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】Cyclical unemployment is caused by a change in the general level of economic productivity and occurs when the economy is not operating at full employment. Like a recession, cyclical unemployment is a short-run phenomenon. Frictional and structural unemployment exist even when the economy is operating a full employment, and thus are considered long-run types of unemployment.