An Increase in Worker Productivity Would Cause the Phillips Curve

question 216

Multiple Choice

An increase in worker productivity would cause the Phillips curve to

• A) shift to the left.
• B) collapse about its origin.
• C) shift to the right.
• D) become linear.

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