If the price level in the current period is higher than what buyers and sellers anticipated,

a. profit margins will be unattractive and firms will expand output.
b. profit margins will be unattractive and firms will reduce output.
c. profit margins will be attractive and firms will expand output.
d. profit margins will be attractive and firms will reduce output.


C

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