Draw a graph using production indifference curves and budget lines showing a firm initially minimizing cost with its inputs of A and B. Then illustrate a new optimal combination of inputs when the prices of the inputs change.

What will be an ideal response?


The graph should be very similar to Figure 7-15 in the text

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When unemployment is above the natural rate,

A. the inflation rate falls. B. inflation rises. C. nominal wages decrease. D. wage-price spirals occur.

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