If policy makers think the natural rate of unemployment is lower than it really is, then their policies designed to move the economy to the estimated natural rate, if continued over the long run, will: O a. shift the long-run aggregate supply curve to the right. O b. cause continuing inflation. O c. shift the supply curve of labor to the right. O d. lead to a lower price level. O e. keep the economy below its potential GDP level.
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- Which of the following reduces the effectiveness of inflation targeting as a means of reducing cyclical fluctuations in the economy? A) People increasingly believe that the rate of inflation affects the level of real output. B) Oil prices become more stable. C) Goodhart's Law, as applied to inflation targets, breaks down. D) The trade-off between inflation and unemployment (and output) virtually disappears.Assuming that the booming economy is currently at an inflation rate such that unemployment is below the natural level. (а) How does the economy return to the natural rate of unemployment if this inflation rate persists? (b) the government wants to bring the output back to the natural level by changing the tax rate, how should it respond?In the graph you've just explored, if the natural unemployment rate is 8 percent, what is the inflation rate (approximately) at an actual unemployment rate of 6 percent? A. 3 percent B. 9 percent C. 6 percent Screenshot attached thanks
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