A Rise in the Expected Inflation Rate Leads to ________

question 104

Multiple Choice

A rise in the expected inflation rate leads to ________ in the long-run Phillips curve and ________ in the short-run Phillips curve.

• A) an upward shift; no shift
• B) a leftward shift; an upward shift
• C) no shift; no shift
• D) no shift; an upward shift

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Definitions:

Obverse

The statement formed by negating both the subject and predicate of a given categorical proposition and changing the quality from affirmative to negative, or vice versa.

Proposition

In philosophy, a content of thought expressed in language or symbols that can be analyzed as either true or false.

Converse

In logic, a statement formed by reversing the antecedent and consequent in a conditional statement; if the original statement is "If P, then Q," the converse is "If Q, then P."

Proposition

A pronouncement that exhibits a view or judgment.