In the Short Run, Efforts to Reduce the Unemployment Rate

question 155

Multiple Choice

In the short run, efforts to reduce the unemployment rate are likely to cause

• A)a decrease in the inflation rate.
• B)an increase in the inflation rate.
• C)no change in the inflation rate.
• D)Uncertain-economists have found no relationship between the two variables.

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