Productivity levels are higher in rich countries compared to poor countries

On the long-run Phillips curve, the unemployment rate

A) equals the natural unemployment rate, but the inflation rate can be any value. B) decreases when the inflation rate increases. C) equals the natural unemployment rate, and the inflation rate equals the expected inflation rate. D) can be any value, but the inflation rate equals the expected inflation rate. E) and inflation rate can take any value.

Assume that foreign capital flows into a nation rise due to expected increases in stock market appreciation. If the nation has highly mobile international capital markets and a fixed exchange rate system, what happens to the GDP Price Index and current international transactions balance in the context of the Three-Sector-Model? a. The GDP Price Index falls and current international transactions

balance becomes more negative (or less positive). b. The GDP Price Index rises and current international transactions balance becomes more negative (or less positive). c. The GDP Price Index and current international transactions balance remain the same. d. The GDP Price Index rises and current international transactions balance remains the same. e. There is not enough information to determine what happens to these two macroeconomic variables.