The Natural Rate Hypothesis

question 227

Multiple Choice

The natural rate hypothesis:

• A) is now generally discredited.
• B) implies sharp limits on what macroeconomic policy can achieve.
• C) implies there is a long-run trade-off between inflation and unemployment.
• D) implies that there is no liquidity trap.

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