Figure 28-7 -Refer to Figure 28-7. Consider the Phillips Curves Depicted in Curves

question 226

Multiple Choice

Figure 28-7
-Refer to Figure 28-7. 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 the assumptions of the rational expectations school hold true, and the Fed's announcement is credible, 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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