"Shoe Industry Under Pressure Amid Rising Costs" Rising Costs Have

question 287

Multiple Choice

"Shoe Industry under Pressure Amid Rising Costs" Rising costs have forced about 15 per cent of shoe manufacturers in a major south China industrial centre to shut down or relocate in the past year... [the firms have] identified rising wages as a key factor behind the closures and relocations from Dongguan...The problems in the footwear industry reflect broader issues affecting manufacturers across China's Pearl River Delta..."
Www) ft.com, 2/26/2008
Using an AS/AD framework to describe the events in the story, there would be a

• A) leftward shift in the AD curve.
• B) leftward shift in the SAS curve.
• C) rightward shift in the AD curve.
• D) rightward shift in the SAS curve.

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Multifinality

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