Use the Table Below to Answer the Following Questions

question 38

Multiple Choice

Use the table below to answer the following questions.
Table 28.4.1

-Refer to Table 28.4.1. The table gives points on the short-run Phillips curve for the country of Ruritania. If the expected inflation rate is 10 percent, and the inflation rate unexpectedly rises to 12 percent, what is the unemployment rate?

• A)4 percent
• B)5 percent
• C)6 percent
• D)7 percent
• E)9 percent

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Definitions:

Probability

The determination of an event's likelihood, represented numerically from 0 to 1.

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Unobservable Actions

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