The short-run Phillips curve tells policy makers that if inflation is currently 6 percent and unemployment is 4 percent, measures to reduce the inflation rate to 4 percent will most likely lead to an unemployment rate of:
A. 6 percent.
B. 2 percent.
C. 4 percent.
D. 0 percent.
Answer: A
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