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Along a short-run Phillips curve, ?


aa higher rate of inflation is associated with a lower unemployment rate


b a higher rate of growth in output is associated with a lower unemployment rate


ca higher rate of inflation is associated with a higher unemployment rate


d a higher rate of growth in output is associated with a higher unemployment rate.



The original Phillips curve illustrates ?


athe trade-off between inflation and unemployment


bThe trade-off between output and unemployment


cThe positive relationship between output and unemployment


d The positive relationship between inflation and unemployment



If a country’s policy makers were to continuously use expansionary monetary policy in an attempt to hold unemployment below the natural rate the long-run result would be ?


aan increase in the level of output


ba decrease in the unemployment rate


can increase in the rate of inflation


dAll of these answers



If the sacrifice ratio is five, a reduction in inflation from 7 percent to 3 percent would require ?


aa reduction in output of 20 percent


b a reduction in output of 5percent


ca reduction in output of 15 percent


d a reduction in output of 35 percent



Refer to Exhibit 6. Suppose the economy is Operating in long-run equilibrium at point E. In the long run a monetary contraction will move the economy in the direction of point ? 0


aF


bA


cH


dI


View Answer H

Refer to Exhibit 6. Suppose the economy is operating at point (D) As people revise their price expectations ?


aThe short-run Phillips curve will shift in the direction of the short-run Phillips curve associated with an expectation of 3 percent inflation


bThe short-run Phillips curve will shift in the direction of the short-run Phillips curve associated with an expectation of 9 per cent inflation


c The short-run Phillips curve will shift in the direction of the short-run Phillips curve associated with an expectation of 6 percent inflation


d The long-run Phillips curve will shift to the left



Refer to Exhibit 6.If People in the economy expect inflation to be 6 percent but inflation turn out to be 3 percent the economy is operating at point ?


aH


bC


cD


dF


View Answer F

The natural rate hypothesis argues that ?


a in the long run the unemployment rate returns to the natural rate, regardless of inflation


b Unemployment is always below the natural rate


cUnemployment is always above the natural rate


d Unemployment is always equal to the natural rate



When actual inflation exceeds expected inflation ?


aUnemployment is equal to the natural rate of unemployment


bPeople will reduce their expectations of inflation in the future


c Unemployment is greater than the natural rate of unemployment


dUnemployment is less than the natural rate of unemployment



An increase in expected inflation ?


a shifts the short run Phillips curve downward and the unemployment inflation trade-off is less favorable.


bhifts the short-run Phillips curve upward and the unemployment inflation trade-off is more favorable


cShift the short-run Phillips curve downward and the unemployment inflation trade-off is more favorable


d. Shifts the Short run Phillips curve upward and the unemployment inflation trade-off is less favorable. Shifts the Short run Phillips curve upward and the unemployment inflation trade-off is less favorable



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