Consider two countries: Eastland and Westland. Eastland's long-run Phillips curve sits further to the right than does Westland's long-run Phillips curve. Eastland and Westland are identical in all other ways. In particular, they have the same money supply growth rates. In the long run, compared to Westland, which of the following will we observe in Eastland?
a. higher unemployment and higher inflation.
b. higher unemployment and the same rate of inflation.
c. lower unemployment and higher inflation.
d. None of the above is correct.
b
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In the long-run equilibrium in a perfectly competitive market, the firms produce at the ________ possible average total cost and the price equals the ________ possible average total cost
A) highest; highest B) lowest; lowest C) highest; lowest D) lowest; highest
Suppose output is $35 billion, government purchases are $10 billion, desired consumption is $15 billion, and desired investment is $6 billion. Net foreign lending would be equal to
A) -$4 billion. B) -$2 billion. C) $2 billion. D) $4 billion.
If the time for an economy to self-correct is shorter than the active policy lags, then:
a. active policy should be strengthened b. active policy is likely to destabilize the economy. c. time is required to accumulate evidence that the economy is performing below its potential. d. the aggregate demand curve shifts more rapidly than the short-run aggregate supply curve. e. active policy will work better than passive policy.
When economists are trying to explain the world, they are
a. scientists. b. policy advisers. c. in the realm of microeconomics rather than macroeconomics. d. in the realm of normative economics rather than positive economics.