Higher Potential Output Levels

question 16

Multiple Choice

Higher potential output levels:

• A) put upward pressure on real interest rates.
• B) put downward pressure on real interest rates and upward pressure on inflation rates.
• C) put upward pressure on real interest rates and downward pressure on inflation rates.
• D) none of the answers given is correct.

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