If nominal gross domestic product fell while real gross domestic product rose, which of the following must be true?

a) unemployment increased
b) the inflation rate was negative
c) net exports were negative
d) the average of stock prices rose while bond prices fell
e) nominal interest rates by less than the rate of inflation


Ans: b) the inflation rate was negative

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