Assume the analysis of Friedman and Phelps is correct, so that the following equation is valid: Unemployment rate = Natural rate of unemployment - a × (?ctual inflation - x). In this equation,

a. a is a parameter that measures how much actual inflation responds to expected inflation.
b. a = 0 at the point of intersection of the short-run and long-run Phillips curves.
c. x is the expected rate of inflation.
d. All of the above are correct.

c

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