Category: The Phillips Curve

An increase in expected inflation ?

A. shifts the short run Phillips curve downward and the unemployment inflation trade-off is less favorable.
B. shifts the short-run Phillips curve upward and the unemployment inflation trade-off is more favorable
C. Shift the short-run Phillips curve downward and the unemployment inflation trade-off is more favorable
D. Shifts the Short run Phillips curve upward and the unemployment inflation trade-off is less favorable

Refer to Exhibit 6. Suppose the economy is operating at point (D) As people revise their price expectations ?

A. The short-run Phillips curve will shift in the direction of the short-run Phillips curve associated with an expectation of 3 percent inflation
B. The short-run Phillips curve will shift in the direction of the short-run Phillips curve associated with an expectation of 9 per cent inflation
C. The short-run Phillips curve will shift in the direction of the short-run Phillips curve associated with an expectation of 6 percent inflation
D. The long-run Phillips curve will shift to the left

The natural rate hypothesis argues that ?

A. in the long run the unemployment rate returns to the natural rate, regardless of inflation
B. Unemployment is always below the natural rate
C. Unemployment is always above the natural rate
D. Unemployment is always equal to the natural rate

Along a short-run Phillips curve, ?

A. a higher rate of inflation is associated with a lower unemployment rate
B. a higher rate of growth in output is associated with a lower unemployment rate
C. a higher rate of inflation is associated with a higher unemployment rate
D. a higher rate of growth in output is associated with a higher unemployment rate.