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Quick Quizzes
1. The Phillips curve is shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1
Figure 2
2. Figure 3 shows the short-run Phillips curve and the long-run Phillips curve. The
curves are di(erent because in the long run, monetary policy has no e(ect on
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Figure 3
3. Examples of favorable shocks to aggregate supply include improved productivity
Figure 4
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4. The sacri:ce ratio is the number of percentage points of annual output lost in the
process of reducing ination by 1 percentage point. The credibility of the Fed’s
Chapter Quick Quiz
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Questions for Review
Figure 5
1. Figure 5 shows the short-run trade-o( between ination and unemployment. The
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Figure 6
2. Figure 6 shows the long-run trade-o( between ination and unemployment. In the
long run, there is no trade-o(, as the economy must return to the natural rate of
3. The natural rate of unemployment is natural because it is beyond the inuence of
The natural rate of unemployment might di(er across countries because
4. If a drought destroys farm crops and drives up the price of food, the short-run
5. When the Fed decides to reduce ination, the economy moves down along the
short-run Phillips curve, as shown in Figure 7. Beginning at point A on short-run
Phillips curve SRPC1, the economy moves down to point B as ination declines.
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Figure 7
Problems and Applications
1. Figure 8 shows two di(erent short-run Phillips curves depicting these four points.
Figure 8
2. a. A rise in the natural rate of unemployment shifts both the long-run Phillips
curve and the short-run Phillips curve to the right, as shown in Figure 9. The
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Figure 9
b. A decline in the price of imported oil shifts the short-run Phillips curve to the
Figure 10
c. A rise in government spending represents an increase in aggregate demand,
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Figure 11
d. A decline in expected ination causes the short-run Phillips curve to shift to
Figure 12
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Figure 13
3. a. Figure 13 shows how a reduction in consumer spending causes a recession in
both an aggregate-supply/aggregate-demand diagram and a Phillips-curve
diagram. In both diagrams, the economy begins at full employment at point A.
The decline in consumer spending reduces aggregate demand, shifting the
b. As expected ination falls over time, the short-run aggregate-supply curve
shifts to the right from AS1 to AS2, and the short-run Phillips curve shifts to the
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Figure 14
4. a. Figure 14 shows the economy in long-run equilibrium at point a, which is on
b. A wave of business pessimism reduces aggregate demand, moving the
c. Figure 15 shows the e(ects on the economy if the price of imported oil rises.
The higher price of imported oil shifts the short-run Phillips curve to the right
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Figure 15
5. Economists who believe that expectations adjust quickly in response to changes
Figure 16
6. If the Fed acts on its belief that the natural rate of unemployment is 4%, when the
natural rate is in fact 5%, the result will be a spiraling up of the ination rate, as
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7. a. If wage contracts have short durations, a recession induced by contractionary
monetary policy will be less severe, because wage contracts can be adjusted
b. If there is little con:dence in the Fed’s determination to reduce ination, a
c. If expectations of ination adjust quickly to actual ination, a recession
Figure 17
8. a. As shown in the left diagram of Figure 17, equilibrium output and employment
b. The Fed would have to use expansionary monetary policy to keep output and
c. The Fed may not want to pursue this action because it will lead to a rise in the
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