In the figure below, draw a short-run Phillips curve and a long-run Phillips curve if the expected inflation rate is 4 percent and the natural unemployment rate is 6 percent

Explain how the two change in the short run if:
a. slower growth in aggregate demand causes a recession.
b. the inflation rate increases.
c. the natural unemployment rate increases.


The figure with the Phillips curves is above.
a. There is a downward movement along the short-run Phillips curve.
b. There is an upward movement along the short-run Phillips curve.
c. There is a rightward shift of both the long-run and short-run Phillips curves.

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