The Long-Run Phillips Curve Is

question 171

Multiple Choice

The long-run Phillips curve is:

• A) vertical at an unemployment rate equal to the nonaccelerating inflation rate of unemployment (NAIRU).
• B) horizontal at inflation rate equal to NAIRU.
• C) upward sloping, showing that there is no trade-off between unemployment and inflation.
• D) downward sloping, showing that there is a trade-off between unemployment and inflation.

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