Monetary Policy in Flosserland

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Monetary Policy in Flosserland

In Flosserland, the Department of Finance is responsible for monetary policy. Flosserland has had an inflation rate of 25% for many years.

-Refer to Monetary Policy in Flosserland.Suppose that the Flosserland Department of Finance has run a public relations campaign claiming it will reduce inflation to 12.5% but it actually raises inflation to 30%.Suppose that the public had expected that the Department of Finance would reduce inflation but only to 22%.Then

• A)unemployment falls,but it would have fallen less if people had been expecting 12.5% inflation.
• B)unemployment falls,but it would have fallen less if people had been expecting 25% inflation.
• C)unemployment rises,but it would have risen less if people had been expecting 12.5% inflation.
• D)unemployment rises,but it would have risen less if people had been expecting 25% inflation.

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