Consider the Short-Run Phillips Curve in Canada Since the 1960s

question 65

Multiple Choice

Consider the short-run Phillips curve in Canada since the 1960s.
Choose the best statement.

• A)Canada's inflation/unemployment tradeoff is best shown as a series of shifting short-run Phillips curves that sometimes shift upward and sometimes shift downward.
• B)Canada's inflation/unemployment tradeoff is undefined.
• C)Canada's short-run Phillips curve is consistently shifting upward.
• D)Canada's short-run Phillips curve is consistently shifting downward.
• E)Canada's short-run Phillips curve is consistently shifting rightward.

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