If Rapid Increases in Oil Prices Caused Price Levels to Increase

question 144

Multiple Choice

If rapid increases in oil prices caused price levels to increase and real GDP to decrease in the short run,the economy would experience

• A)stagflation.
• B)long-run economic decline.
• C)hyperinflation.
• D)an increase in the natural rate of unemployment.

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