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Figure 17-1

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Figure 17-1. The left-hand graph shows a short-run aggregate-supply (SRAS) curve and two aggregate-demand (AD) curves. On the right-hand diagram, U represents the unemployment rate.

-Refer to Figure 17-1. Suppose points F and G on the right-hand graph represent two possible outcomes for an imaginary economy in the year 2012, and those two points correspond to points B and C, respectively, on the left-hand graph. Then it is apparent that the price index equaled

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