If Policymakers Are Successful at Reducing Inflationary Expectations

question 127

Multiple Choice

If policymakers are successful at reducing inflationary expectations:

• A) the short-run Phillips curve shifts leftward.
• B) the unemployment rate temporarily falls below its natural rate.
• C) the inflation rate rises.
• D) the short-run Phillips curve shifts outward.

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