A Reduction in Actual GDP Down Toward Its Potential from a Demand-

question 32

Multiple Choice

A reduction in actual GDP down toward its potential from a demand- induced boom can be expected to be quicker

• A) the more sensitive inflation is to economic conditions.
• B) the more heavily recent inflationary experience is weighted in the computation of inflationary expectations.
• C) the more responsive interest rates are to changes in inflation.
• D) all of the above.
• E) none of the above.

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