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To move to a point on the Phillips curve where inflation is lower, unemployment must rise and the unemployment rise could have been caused by the Fed decreasing the money supply.
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According to the natural rate hypothesis (Friedman and Phelps), policymakers face a long-run Philips curve that is vertical because the natural unemployment rate is independent of the inflation rate.
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The federal government could increase spending and decrease taxes to move to a point on the short-run Phillips curve where inflation is lower, but unemployment would rise.
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The short-run Phillips curve shows the combinations of unemployment and inflation that arise in the short run as short-run aggregate supply shifts the economy along the aggregate demand curve.
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In the mid and late 1990s, aggregate supply shifted to the right and the Phillips curve shifted to the left as inflation expectations changed to a lower rate.
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To move to a point on the Phillips curve where inflation is lower, unemployment must rise and the unemployment rise could have been caused by the Fed decreasing the money supply.
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Explanation: There is an inverse relationship between inflation and unemployment.
According to the natural rate hypothesis (Friedman and Phelps), policymakers face a long-run Philips curve that is vertical because the natural unemployment rate is independent of the inflation rate.
True
Explanaiton: In the longr run, unemployment is not dependant on nominal variables.
The federal government could increase spending and decrease taxes to move to a point on the short-run Phillips curve where inflation is lower, but unemployment would rise.
False
Explanation: Expansionary fiscal policy would increase inflation
and lower unemployment
The short-run Phillips curve shows the combinations of unemployment and inflation that arise in the short run as short-run aggregate supply shifts the economy along the aggregate demand curve.
False
Explanation: In the short run, the AS is assumed to be fixed.