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Position of Phillips curve .

Position of Phillips curve .

Solution Summary: The author explains that Phillips curve shows an inverse relation between inflation rate and unemployment rate. With low-interest rate promise, a more appropriate threshold will be 5.5 percent.

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Definition Definition Relationship between the rate of unemployment and the rate of inflation that shows that the lower the initial rate of unemployment, the greater the rise in wage rate corresponding to a given rise in the rate of unemployment. The Phillips curve assumes that the ratio between prices and nominal wage rates is constant in the short run. Presented graphically, the Phillips curve shows an inverse relationship between the rate of unemployment and the rate of inflation.

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Position of Phillips curve.

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If wages and prices adjust slowly, we would expect expansionary monetary policy to be less likely to reduce the natural unemployment rate. more likely to reduce inflation. more likely to affect the unemployment rate. more likely to result in a vertical short-run Phillips curve.
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