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Fed studies emphasizes the short-run
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The FED is facing a problem of unemployment. What policy should be used? How would each of the tools at the FED's disposal be used?
A movement to the right along a given short-run Phillips curve could be caused by
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contractionary monetary policy, but not an increase in the natural rate of unemployment.
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expansionary monetary policy, but not an increase in the natural rate of unemployment.
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an increase in the natural rate of unemployment or a contractionary monetary policy.
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an increase in the natural rate of unemployment or expansionary monetary policy.
A movement to the left along a given short-run Phillips curve could be caused by
a.
contractionary monetary policy, but not a reduction in the natural rate of unemployment.
b.
expansionary monetary policy, but not a reduction in the natural rate of unemployment.
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a reduction in the natural rate of unemployment or expansionary monetary policy.
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either a reduction in the natural rate of unemployment or a contractionary monetary policy.
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- Draw the Fed model (i.e. the IS-MP, and the Phillips curves). Suppose that the Federal Reserve lowers the interest rate. Discuss the implications for output and unemployment.arrow_forwardA well-known economic model called the Phillips curve (discussed in the Keynesian Perspective chapter) describes the short run trade off typically observed between inflation and unemployment. Based on the discussion of expansionary and contraction monetary policy, explain why one of these variables usually falls when the other rises.arrow_forwardIn March and April 1980, inflation in the United States peaked at 14.6 percent. What did then-Fed chairman Volcker elect to do? What was the impact of his policy?arrow_forward
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