9) The original Phillips curve implied that: A) the markup over labour costs is zero. B) the expected inflation rate is equal to last year's inflation rate. C) a lower rate of unemployment causes an increase in the rate of inflation. D) the inflation is always zero. E) the expected inflation is always zero.

9) The original Phillips curve implied that: A) the markup over labour costs is zero. B) the expected inflation rate is equal to last year's inflation rate. C) a lower rate of unemployment causes an increase in the rate of inflation. D) the inflation is always zero. E) the expected inflation is always zero.

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What is true along the long-run Phillips curve? A. A labor shortage exists. B. A tradeoff exists between the inflation rate and the unemployment rate. C. The economy is at full employment. D. The inflation rate equals the expected inflation rate and any unemployment rate is possible.
If a Phillips curve shows that unemployment is high and inflation is low in the economy, then that economy: A) is producing at its potential GDP. B) is producing at a point where output is more than potential GDP. C) is producing at its equilibrium point. D) is producing at a point where output is less than potential GDP.
Consider the original presentation of the Phillips Curve, with inflation on the vertical axis and unemployment on the horizontal axis. Which of the following could NOT shift this Phillips Curve upward? an increase in the price of inputs used in production expected higher prices in the future/higher inflation an increase in the average wages of workers an improvement in production technology
Since the short-run Philips curve is downward sloping and the long-run Phillips curve is vertical there can never be simultaneous unemployment inflation TRUE / FALSE
According to the Phillips curve, the inflation rate depends on all of these EXCEPT: a. previously expected inflation. b. an exogenous supply shock. c. the real interest rate. d. the deviation of output from its natural rate.
For a number of years Canada and many European countries have had higher average unemployment rates than the United States. The Phillips curve suggests that these countries a. have higher average inflation rates than the United States. b. have long-run Phillips curves to the right of the United States’. c. may have less generous unemployment compensation or lower minimum wages. d. All of the above are consistent with the evidence on unemployment rates.
Explain all options, please. The modern view of the Phillips curve suggests that a.when inflation is less than anticipated, unemployment will fall below the natural rate. b.when inflation is steady, actual unemployment will equal the natural rate of unemployment. c.systematic demand stimulus policies will be unable to affect prices in the long run. d.there will be a trade-off between inflation and unemployment in the long run.
Which of the following statements is correct? A) The short run Phillips curve is negatively sloped B) There is no inflation when the unemployment rate is zero C) The Phillips curve shows a negative correlation between the unemployment rate and GDP growth D) The short run Phillips curve is positively sloped
Suppose that the natural unemployment rate is 7 percent and the expected inflation rate in 2017 is 3 percent a year. If the inflation rate is expected to rise to 5 percent a year in 2018, explain how the short-run and the long-run Phillips curves will change.
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 expectations of inflation are not altered by the Fed's announcement, 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
For this question, assume that the Phillips curve equation is represented by the following equation: πt - πt-1 = (m + z) - αut. A reduction in the unemployment rate will cause A) a reduction in the markup over labor costs (i.e., a reduction in m). B) an increase in the markup over labor costs. C) an increase in the inflation rate over time. D) a decrease in the inflation rate over time. E) none of the above
If the unemployment rate is below the natural rate, then a. inflation is less than expected. As inflation expectations are revised the short-run Phillips curve will shift right. b. inflation is less than expected. As inflation expectations are revised the short-run Phillips curve will shift left. c. inflation is greater than expected. As inflation expectations are revised the short-run Phillips curve will shift left. d. inflation is greater than expected. As inflation expectations are revised the short-run Phillips curve will shift right.