You Have Just Read That Australia Has Suffered a Drought

question 71

Multiple Choice

You have just read that Australia has suffered a drought, destroying its wheat crop for this year. The effect of this adverse supply shock on Australia would probably be

• A) an increase in prices and an increase in real interest rates.
• B) an increase in prices, an increase in nominal interest rates, but a decrease in real interest rates.
• C) a decrease in prices and an decrease in real interest rates.
• D) a decrease in prices, a decrease in nominal interest rates, but an increase in real interest rates.

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