The rational expectations hypothesis suggests that if wages and prices are flexible

A. anticipated monetary policy actions can affect nominal variables, but not real variables.
B. growth in the money supply can alter real variables only if the growth is anticipated.
C. unanticipated monetary policy actions can shift the long-run aggregate supply curve but cannot shift the aggregate demand curve.
D. unanticipated monetary policy actions can affect real variables, but not nominal variables.


Answer: A

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