If the Short-Run Phillips Curve Shifts Rightward, What Happens to the Relationship

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Essay

If the short-run Phillips curve shifts rightward, what happens to the relationship between inflation and unemployment? If the short-run Phillips curve shifts leftward, what happens to the relationship between inflation and unemployment?

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Definitions:

Non-interest-bearing Note

A promissory note in which no interest is earned or paid over the life of the note, with the borrower repaying only the face value of the note.

Straight-line Method

A depreciation method that allocates an equal portion of the cost of a fixed asset to each year of its useful life.

Troubled Debt Restructuring

The process of modifying the terms of a debt agreement due to the debtor’s financial difficulties to enhance the likelihood of repayment.