An Increase in Inflation Expectations Shifts the Short-Run Phillips Curve

question 145

True/False

An increase in inflation expectations shifts the short-run Phillips curve right and has no effect on the long-run Phillips curve.

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Definitions:

Marginal Cost

The extra expense resulting from the production of a single additional product or service unit.

Fixed Cost

Fixed costs are business expenses that remain unchanged regardless of the level of production or sales, such as rent, salaries, and insurance premiums.

Output

The cumulative sum of products and services generated by an economy.

Average Fixed Cost

The set expenses associated with production (not influenced by production scale) distributed over the number of items produced.