According to the modern expectational Phillips curve, unemployment will temporarily rise above the natural rate of unemployment when
a. any inflation is present.
b. inflation turns out to be lower than what people expected.
c. inflation turns out to be higher than what people expected.
d. inflation turns out to be equal to what people expected.
B
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Property owned by governments is called:
A. Private property B. Shared property C. Public property D. Common property
An increase in supply will have what effect on equilibrium price and quantity?
A. Price will increase; quantity will decrease. B. Price will decrease; quantity will increase. C. Both price and quantity will increase. D. Both price and quantity will decrease.
If the income elasticity for chocolate chip cookies is 1.84, then chocolate chip cookies are
A) a normal good and income inelastic. B) a normal good and income elastic. C) an inferior good and income inelastic. D) an inferior good and income elastic.
If an individual buys only two goods and these must be used in a fixed relationship with one another (e.g., coffee and cream for a coffee drinker who never varies the amount of cream used in each cup), then
a. there is no substitution effect from a change in the price of coffee. b. there is no income effect from a change in the price of coffee. c. Giffen's Paradox must occur if both coffee and cream are inferior goods. d. an increase in income will not affect cream purchases.