If an Expectations-Augmented Phillips Curve Were to Be Used to Explain

question 75

Multiple Choice

If an expectations-augmented Phillips curve were to be used to explain the experience of the United States in the 1950s and 1960s, it would have to include

• A) expected rates of inflation that were climbing rapidly from year to year.
• B) expected rates of inflation that were falling sharply from year to year.
• C) expected rates of inflation that were equal to some positive constant over the entire period.
• D) expected rates of inflation that were approximately zero over the entire period.
• E) none of the above.

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