12. "Consider the labor market in year 2021 but now assume that wages are totally rigid and cannot adjust during 2021. In this year business owners predict low sales for the years to come. As a result, they reduce labor demand. Draw the new equilibrium in a diagram and label it as point C. Use the following equations to find the new equilibrium: LD=70,000-w, LS=b+2w, where b=10,000. What is the new level of employment? Keep in mind that wages are totally rigid."

12. "Consider the labor market in year 2021 but now assume that wages are totally rigid and cannot adjust during 2021. In this year business owners predict low sales for the years to come. As a result, they reduce labor demand. Draw the new equilibrium in a diagram and label it as point C. Use the following equations to find the new equilibrium: LD=70,000-w, LS=b+2w, where b=10,000. What is the new level of employment? Keep in mind that wages are totally rigid."

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