The Short-Run Aggregate Supply Curve Will Shift Leftward When

question 73

Multiple Choice

The short-run aggregate supply curve will shift leftward when

• A)consumption spending, investment spending, government purchases, or net exports decrease.
• B)price expectations are revised upward.
• C)actual prices in the economy as a whole increase.
• D)the economy's natural output level falls.

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