Macroeconomics
21st Edition
ISBN: 9781259915673
Author: Campbell R. McConnell, Stanley L. Brue, Sean Masaki Flynn Dr.
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Chapter 18, Problem 8RQ
To determine
Impact of adverse aggregate supply shock on the inflation rate and unemployment rate.
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3. The long-run effects of monetary policy
The following graphs plot the long-run equilibrium situation for an economy. The first graph plots the aggregate demand (AD) and long-run aggregate
supply (LRAS) curves. The second graph plots the long-run and short-run Phillips curves (LAPC and SRPC, respectively).
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LRAS
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AD
10
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QUESTION 43
If the population of a country is 1,000,000 people, its labor force consists of 500,000, and 40,000 people are unemployed, the
unemployment rate is:
O 50.0 percent.
8.0 percent.
7.4 percent.
4.0 percent.
QUESTION 44
Inflation is defined as:
The level of prices at full-employment.
An increase in the price of expensive items, such as cars.
An increase in the average level of prices.
An increase in relative prices.
QUESTION 45
Over time, U.S. real GDP has increased:
By small, constant increments.
At a constant geometric rate.
At an average rate of 3 percent per year.
At an average rate of 7 percent per year.
Suppose that the actual unemployment rate in a country is 7.7
percent. If the country's frictional unemployment rate is 3.5
percent and its structural unemployment rate is 1.1 percent, what
is its cyclical unemployment rate?
O 11.7 percent
O 3.1 percent
O 5.3 percent
O 4.1 percent
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