Within the AD/AS model, how does an economy adjust to an output beyond its long-run capacity as a result of an unanticipated increase in aggregate demand?
a. Wage rates and resource prices will fall, causing a decrease in aggregate demand and the restoration of equilibrium at a higher price level.
b. Long-run aggregate supply will increase, leading to a new equilibrium at a lower price level.
c. Resource prices and real interest rates will rise causing output to fall back to its long-run sustainable rate.
d. Lower real interest rates will stimulate demand and restore equilibrium at the initial price level.
C
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