Expectations of Higher Inflation Rates Cause a Leftward Shift in the Short-Run

question 78

True/False

Expectations of higher inflation rates cause a leftward shift in the short-run aggregate supply curve and usher in a stagflation phase of the inflation-unemployment relationship.

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