When the economy suffers a permanent negative supply shock and the central bank responds by changing the autonomous component of monetary policy to keep inflation at the target inflation rate, then
A) aggregate demand curve shifts leftward.
B) aggregate demand curve shifts rightward.
C) output will be unchanged.
D) both A and C.
A
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