If There Is a Decline in Business Confidence and the Fed

question 95

Essay

If there is a decline in business confidence and the Fed desires to return unemployment towards its natural rate, what should it do? If business confidence eventually returns to normal but the Fed does not reverse its policy, what eventually happens to the inflation rate?

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Definitions:

Intensity of the Punishment

Intensity of the Punishment refers to the severity or harshness of a penalty intended to modify behavior through aversive stimuli or consequences.

Response

A reaction to a specific stimulus or situation, which can be psychological, physiological, or behavioral.

Delay

The act of postponing or holding off an event, action, or operation.

Avoidance Conditioning

A learning process in which an individual learns to prevent the occurrence of a negative or unpleasant outcome.