The problem portrayed by the short-run Phillips curve is that:

A. inflation tends to increase when unemployment falls.
B. changes in the composition of the labor force tend to increase the natural rate of unemployment.
C. stagflation is unavoidable.
D. unemployment tends to increase when prices are rising.


Answer: A

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