Refer to the diagram. The initial aggregate demand curve is AD 1 and the initial aggregate supply curve is AS 1 . In the long run, the aggregate supply curve is vertical in the diagram because:





A.  nominal wages and other input prices are assumed to be fixed.

B.  real output level Q f is the potential level of output.

C.  price level increases produce perfectly offsetting changes in nominal wages and other input prices.

D.  higher-than-expected rates of actual inflation reduce real output only temporarily.


C.  price level increases produce perfectly offsetting changes in nominal wages and other input prices.

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