In 2010, dissenters were worried that the effects of policies to reduce unemployment would create
a. the conditions for higher long-term inflation.
b. the conditions for a more horizontal Phillips curve.
c. conditions for higher long-term unemployment.
d. conditions for larger budget surpluses and, thus, higher interest rates.
a
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A decrease in consumer wealth will
A) not change autonomous consumption and rotate the consumption function upward. B) decrease autonomous consumption and shift the consumption function downward. C) not change autonomous consumption and rotate the consumption function downward. D) increase autonomous consumption and shift the consumption function upward.
Which of the following can shift the labor demand curve to the right?
a. Decrease in product price. b. Increase in wages. c. Decrease in wages. d. Decrease in the MP. e. Increase in productivity.
Suppose many new brands start selling coffee in an economy, increasing the options that consumers have for coffee. This will result in: a. a decrease in the elasticity of demand for every brand of coffee. b. an increase in the elasticity of demand for every brand of coffee. c. zero elasticity of demand for every brand of coffee
d. an infinite elasticity of demand for every brand of coffee.
Starting from long-run equilibrium, an increase in autonomous investment results in ________ output in the short run and ________ output in the long run.
A. lower; potential B. higher; higher C. lower; higher D. higher; potential