Unemployment compensation payments: a. rise during a recession and thus reduce the severity of the recession. b. fall during a recession and thus increase the severity of the recession. c. rise during a recession and thus increase the severity of the recession. d. rise during inflationary episodes and thus reduce the severity of the inflation.

Rise during recession and thus reduce the severity of the recession.

Explanation: An unemployment compensation payments also known as unemployment benefit is money paid to unemployed people in the society by the government, to sustain them financially until when they can secure a job.

During a recession when the economy normally is down and people tend to loss their jobs, the government increases the unemployment benefits to ease the impact of the recession on its citizens.

answer; (a) calling people who have not shown interest in the product and asking them to buy it;