Question 1

According to the Philips curve diagram, if a central bank takes action to reduce the inflation rate, unemployment is

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A)   higher in the short-run and the long-run.
B)   higher in the short-run only.
C)   lower in the short-run and the long-run.
D)   lower in the short-run only.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 2

A favorable supply shock shifts the short-run Phillips curve

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A)   right and inflation rises.
B)   right and inflation falls.
C)   left and inflation rises.
D)   left and inflation falls.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 3

Suppose the economy is in long-run equilibrium at an inflation rate of 1% Then inflation expectations rise to 2% and inflation rises to 3%. The increase in expected inflation shifts the short-run Phillips curve

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A)   right. Overall, unemployment moves above its natural rate.
B)   right. Overall, unemployment moves below its natural rate.
C)   left. Overall, unemployment moves above its natural rate.
D)   left. Overall, unemployment moves below its natural rate.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 4

A central bank that accommodates an aggregate supply shock

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A)   increases the money supply, making the inflation rate rise.
B)   increases the money supply, making the inflation rate fall.
C)   decreases the money supply, making the inflation rate rise.
D)   decreases the money supply, making the inflation rate fall.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 5

If inflation expectations rise, the short-run Phillips curve shifts

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A)   right, so that at any inflation rate output is higher in the short run than before.
B)   left, so that at any inflation rate output is higher in the short run than before.
C)   right, so that at any inflation rate output is lower in the short run than before.
D)   left, so that at any inflation rate output is lower in the short run than before.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 6

Suppose the Federal Reserve makes monetary policy more expansionary. In the long run

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A)   both inflation and the unemployment rate are higher than they were prior to the change in policy.
B)   inflation is higher and the unemployment rate is the same as it was prior to the change in policy.
C)   inflation is lower and the unemployment rate is lower than it was prior to the change in policy.
D)   inflation is lower and unemployment is the same as it was prior to the change in policy.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 7

Typical estimates of the sacrifice ratio suggest that a one-percentage-point reduction in the inflation rate requires

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A)   a sacrifice of 5 percent of annual output.
B)   a sacrifice of 5 percent of government spending.
C)   an increase in the unemployment rate of 5 percentage points.
D)   a 5 percent increase in the government budget deficit.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 8

Consider two countries: Eastland and Westland. Eastland's long­run Phillips curve sits further to the right than does Westland's long­run Phillips curve. Eastland and Westland are identical in all other ways. In particular, they have the same money supply growth rates. In the long run, compared to Westland, which of the following will we observe in Eastland?

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A)   higher unemployment and higher inflation.
B)   higher unemployment and the same rate of inflation.
C)   lower unemployment and higher inflation.
D)   None of the above is correct.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 9

Other things the same, if the central bank decreases the rate at which it increases the money supply, then in the long run

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A)   the short-run Phillips curve shifts right.
B)   the short-run Phillips curve shifts left.
C)   the long-run Phillips curve shifts right.
D)   the long-run Phillips curve shifts left.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

Write the equation representing the short-run Phillips curve.

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Unemployment rate = ...

Question 11

In the late 1960s, Milton Friedman and Edmund Phelps argued that

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A)   the trade-off between inflation and unemployment did not apply in the long run This claim is consistent with monetary neutrality in the long run.
B)   the trade-off between inflation and unemployment did not apply in the long run. This claim is inconsistent with monetary neutrality in the long run.
C)   the trade-off between inflation and unemployment applied in both the short run and the long run. This claim is consistent with monetary neutrality in the long run.
D)   the trade-off between inflation and unemployment applied in both the short run and the long run. This claim is inconsistent with monetary neutrality in the long run.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

Milton Friedman argued that the Fed's control over the money supply could be used to peg

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A)   the level or growth rate of a nominal variable, but not the level or growth rate of a real variable.
B)   the level of a nominal or real variable, but not the growth rate of a real or nominal variable.
C)   the level or growth rate of a real variable, but not the level or growth rate of a nominal variable.
D)   both levels and growth rates of both real and nominal variables.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 13

Figure 35-1. The left-hand graph shows a short-run aggregate-supply (SRAS)  curve and two aggregate-demand (AD)  curves. On the right-hand diagram, U represents the unemployment rate.  
-Refer to Figure 35-1. Assuming the price level in the previous year was 100, point F on the right-hand graph corresponds to

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A)   point A on the left-hand graph.
B)   point B on the left-hand graph.
C)   point C on the left-hand graph.
D)   point D on the left-hand graph.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 14

Considering a plot of the inflation rate and the unemployment rate, one might conjecture that the short run Phillips curve was further to the right in the first part of the 2000's than it was in the last part of the 1990s and 2000.

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A)   If so, this might have been the result of a negative supply shock or an increase in expected inflation.
B)   If so, this might been the result of a negative supply shock, or a decrease in expected inflation.
C)   If so, this might have been the result of a positive supply shock, or an increase in expected inflation.
D)   If so, this might have been the result of a positive supply shock, or a decrease in expected inflation.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

What did Friedman and Phelps predict would happen if policymakers tried to move the economy upward along the Phillips curve? Did the behavior of the economy in the late 1960s and the 1970s prove them wrong?

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Question 16

Which of the following results in higher inflation and higher unemployment in the short run?

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A)   a more expansionary monetary policy
B)   a more contractionary monetary policy
C)   a decrease in the minimum wage
D)   an adverse supply shock such as an increase in the price of oilE) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 17

Figure 35-4. The left-hand graph shows a short-run aggregate-supply (SRAS)  curve and two aggregate-demand (AD)  curves. On the left-hand diagram, the price level is measured on the vertical axis; on the right-hand diagram, the inflation rate is measured on the vertical axis.  
-Refer to Figure 35-4. Assume the figure charts possible outcomes for the year 2018. In 2018, the economy is at point B on the left-hand graph, which corresponds to point B on the right-hand graph. Also, point A on the left-hand graph corresponds to A on the right-hand graph. The price level in the year 2018 is

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A)   117.25.
B)   114.95.
C)   113.12.
D)   111.10.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 18

Friedman and Phelps argued that it was dangerous to think of the short-run Phillips curve as a menu of options for policymakers to choose from. Explain the logic of their argument.

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Question 19

According to the long-run Phillips curve, in the long run monetary policy influences

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A)   inflation but not the unemployment rate; this is consistent with classical theory.
B)   inflation but not the unemployment rate; this is inconsistent with classical theory.
C)   the unemployment rate but not inflation; this is consistent with classical theory.
D)   the unemployment rate but not inflation; this is inconsistent with classical theory.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 20

Figure 35-2
Use the pair of diagrams below to answer the following questions.  
-Refer to Figure 35-2. If the economy starts at C and 1, then in the short run, a decrease in taxes moves the economy to

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A)   D and 2.
B)   D and 3.
C)   back to C and 1.
D)   None of the above is correct.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Exam 35: The Short-Run Trade-Off Between Inflation and Unemployment

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