A Year-Long Drought That Destroys Most Wheat Crops for the Season

question 80

Multiple Choice

A year-long drought that destroys most wheat crops for the season would shift the:

• A) aggregate demand curve only.
• B) aggregate demand curve, and the short-run aggregate supply curve would shift in response.
• C) short-run aggregate supply curve only.
• D) short-run aggregate supply curve and the long-run aggregate supply curve.

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