vorkers and firms agree on an increase in wages based on their expectations of inflation and inflation turns re than they expected, lect one: O a. the interest rate will fall O b. workers will gain at the expense of firms. O c. neither workers nor firms will gain because the increase in wages is fixed in the labour agreement. O d. firms will gain at the expense of workers.

vorkers and firms agree on an increase in wages based on their expectations of inflation and inflation turns re than they expected, lect one: O a. the interest rate will fall O b. workers will gain at the expense of firms. O c. neither workers nor firms will gain because the increase in wages is fixed in the labour agreement. O d. firms will gain at the expense of workers.

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