What Does the Natural Rate Hypothesis State About the Long

question 94

Multiple Choice

What does the natural rate hypothesis state about the long run?  

• A) Economic policy can reduce inflation and unemployment. 
• B) The economy's natural rate of annual growth is approximately 3 percent. 
• C) Monetary and fiscal policies have their greatest effect on the rate of unemployment. 
• D) The economy tends toward the natural rate of unemployment.

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