Suppose the measured unemployment rate is 6.1% and the true natural rate of unemployment is 5.1%. If the chair of the Fed believes the natural rate of unemployment to be 6.7%, then the chair will

A) stimulate the economy when it should be slowed.
B) slow the economy when it should be stimulated.
C) stimulate the economy, exactly as called for.
D) slow the economy, exactly as called for.

B

Economics

You might also like to view...

Prior to 1995 productivity growth in Europe was ________ in the United States

A) higher than B) lower than C) same as D) None of the above

Economics

Ceteris paribus, which of the following would cause a decrease in the demand for HD TVs?

a. decline in the price of HD TVs. b. increase in the price of HD TVs. c. increase in consumers' income. d. decrease in consumers' income.

Economics