Refer to the Following Figure When Answering the Following Questions

question 21

Multiple Choice

Refer to the following figure when answering the following questions.
Figure 12.9: Change in Inflation by Quarter
-Consider Figure 12.9. You are Federal Reserve chairman Greenspan and today's date is the second quarter of 1997 (1997.2) . Given the information you have, using the Phillips curve, to stabilize the economy you would ________ interest rates, risking ________.

• A) raise; recession
• B) raise; inflation
• C) lower; inflation
• D) lower; higher unemployment
• E) Not enough information is given.

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