The Phillips Curve

question 84

Multiple Choice

The Phillips curve:

• A) holds that people's expectations of future inflation are based on their most recent experience.
• B) is the combination of high unemployment rates and high inflation.
• C) holds that people form expectations on the basis of all available information.
• D) involves the strategic use of monetary policy to counteract macroeconomic expansions and contractions.
• E) indicates a short-run inverse relationship between inflation and unemployment rates.

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