Figure 17-7 -Refer to Figure 17-7.Consider the Phillips Curves Depicted in the Depicted

question 45

Multiple Choice

Figure 17-7
-Refer to Figure 17-7.Consider the Phillips curves depicted in the graph above.The Fed announces its intention to decrease inflation from 10 percent to 5 percent per year,and it succeeds.If expectations of inflation are reduced to 8 percent by the Fed's announcement,the rate of unemployment will be ________ in the short run.

• A)less than 5.5 percent
• B)5.5 percent
• C)between 5.5 and 7.5 percent
• D)7.5 percent

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