The assumption that wages adjust more slowly than prices implies that the Phillips Curve
A) exists in the short-run.
B) exists in the long-run.
C) is vertical.
D) does not exist.
A
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The low point of economic activity during a business cycle is called the
A) trough. B) recession. C) peak. D) failure.
The above figure represents the market for teenage workers at fast-food restaurants in Kansas City
a) What is the equilibrium wage rate and employment? b) Describe the market at a wage rate of $6 per hour. c) Describe the market at a wage rate of $12 an hour. d) How would an increase in the number of young, married college graduates, who tend to eat at fast-food restaurants, affect the figure, the equilibrium wage rate, and employment?
Using the quantity equation, if the velocity of money grows at 5 percent, the money supply grows at 10 percent, and real GDP grows at 4 percent, then the inflation rate will be
A) 19 percent. B) 15 percent. C) 11 percent. D) 6 percent.
If the wage rate doesn't change but a profit-maximizing competitive firm hires fewer workers, we know that
A) the price of the product increased. B) technical change occurred that increased labor productivity, reducing the firm's demand for labor. C) demand for the product fell or there has been a reduction in labor productivity. D) marginal factor cost increased.