When inflation is not a surprise:
A) the Phillips curve is downward sloping.
B) activist monetary policy has a real effect on the economy.
C) the economy is not at full-employment output.
D) it does not affect the unemployment rate.
E) the economy is expanding.
Ans: D) it does not affect the unemployment rate.
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