Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1.The belief that workers and consumers incorporate the likely consequences of government policy changes into their expectations by quickly adjusting wages and prices is known as rational expectations theory.
2.Professor Robert Lucas, of the University of Chicago, developed the Phillips curve.
3.Rational expectations theorists believe that wages and prices are flexible.
4.Rational expectations theorists believe that government policies designed to alter aggregate demand are highly effective.
5.Real business cycle theorists believe that unexpected changes in the money supply cause fluctuations in real GDP.

1.true
2.false
3.true
4.false
5.false

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