Question

2. which of the following statements is (are) correct?
(x) The natural rate of unemployment is the rate of unemployment that the economy tends to move to in the long run and it is not dependent on the money supply.
(y) A vertical long-run Phillips curve is consistent with the principle of monetary neutrality and it implies that the natural rate of unemployment is independent of the inflation rate.
(z) Government policy that creates structural unemployment via minimum wage laws or a change in frictional unemployment via increased unemployment benefits can alter the natural rate of unemployment.
A. (x), (y) and (z)
B. (x) and (y) only
C. (x) and (z) only
D. (y) and (z) only
E. (y) only

According to the long-run Phillips curve as described in the textbook, in the long run, unemployment depends upon factors such as
(x) the power of unions and minimum wage laws that alter the amount of structural unemployment.
(y) the nature of the job search process and the amount and duration of unemployment benefits.
(z) fiscal policy that reduces the amount of cyclical unemployment.
A. (x), (y) and (z)
B. (x) and (y) only
C. (x) and (z) only
D. (y) and (z) only
E. (z) only

Answer 1

Correct options are

D. in first case.

A. in second question

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