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question 139

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Use the following to answer questions .
Exhibit: Monetary Policy and Rational Expectations
-(Exhibit: Monetary Policy and Rational Expectations) If rational expectations exist and the economy is initially operating at point d. If the Fed undertakes contractionary monetary policy the economy will

• A) spend some time at c with a recessionary gap.
• B) spend no time at c and move directly to b.
• C) bypass c and move to a, because the short-run aggregate supply curve shifts to the left.
• D) bypass c and move to a, because the short-run aggregate supply curve shifts immediately to the right and the economy moves down the long-run aggregate supply curve.

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