When OPEC nearly tripled the price of oil in late 1973,
A) the U.S. price level fell because production became too expensive.
B) U.S. real GDP increased as profits by oil producers increased.
C) U.S. real GDP did not change although the price level rose.
D) both U.S. real GDP and the price level increased.
E) the U.S. price level rose and real GDP decreased.
E
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