If People's Expectations of Inflation Are Formed Rationally Rather Than

question 52

Multiple Choice

If people's expectations of inflation are formed rationally rather than based on adaptive expectations and if policymakers make a credible policy move to reduce inflation, then the costs of reducing inflation will be ______ traditional estimates of the sacrifice ratio.

• A) much higher than
• B) much lower than
• C) exactly equal to
• D) approximately two percent greater than

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