The Acquisition of a Coal Mining Business by a Steel

question 89

True/False

The acquisition of a coal mining business by a steel manufacturing company is an example of a vertical merger.

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Definitions:

Short-run Aggregate-supply Curve

A curve in macroeconomics that shows the relationship in the short run between the price level and the quantity of goods and services that firms are willing and able to supply.

Long-run Phillips Curve

The long-run Phillips Curve illustrates the relationship between inflation and unemployment when expectations of inflation are fully adapted, often showing no trade-off between inflation and unemployment in the long run.

Short-run Phillips Curve

The short-run Phillips Curve represents the inverse relationship between the rate of inflation and the unemployment rate in an economy over a short period.

Expansionary Monetary Policy

A form of macroeconomic policy that aims to stimulate the economy by increasing the money supply or reducing interest rates.