When Inflationary Expectations Are Added to the Phillips Curve, the Nonaccelerating

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Multiple Choice

When inflationary expectations are added to the Phillips curve, the nonaccelerating inflation rate of unemployment is defined as the unemployment rate at which the

• A) inflation rate is always zero.
• B) actual inflation rate exceeds the expected inflation rate.
• C) actual inflation rate is less than the expected inflation rate.
• D) actual inflation rate equals the expected inflation rate.

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