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What policy actions should the Fed take, acting from a Keynesian viewpoint,
with inflation and unemployment is inversely related, to move up the Phillips
Curve in a recessionary economy and decrease unemployment?
increase taxes
sell securities in the OMO (Open Market Operations)
O buy securities in the Open Market Operations (OMO)
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.
Explain how the expected inflation rate affects the short-run Phillips curve. Be sure to mention the role played by the money wage rate.
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- In response to the Great Recession, the Federal Reserve had to take drastic and largely untested measures to stabilize both the financial system and macroeconomy. These measures caused the monetary base to increase from approximately $850 billion to over $4 trillion. Indicate whether each school of macroeconomic thought—classical, Keynesian, monetarist, real business cycle, and secular stagnationist—would support the Fed’s actions.arrow_forwardtrue or false Suppose that the central bank lost credibility in the sense that people no longer believe its inflation target (that is, inflation expectations are not `anchored’). In this case, both short-run output and long-run output do not increase in response to a permanently higher inflation target.arrow_forwardA movement to the right along a given short-run Phillips Curve could be caused by? Answer only if ? correct. Type answer only. Iarrow_forward
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