Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Balance of payments

Balance of payments — practice question

In the diagram, SRPC represents an economy's short-run Phillips curve and LRPC represents its long-run Phillips curve. The economy begins at point W. An increase in monetary growth shifts the economy to point V. Why can the economy not remain at point V?

  • Arate of inflation at point V: above the expected rate; unemployment rate at point V: above the natural rate
  • Brate of inflation at point V: above the expected rate; unemployment rate at point V: below the natural rate
  • Crate of inflation at point V: below the expected rate; unemployment rate at point V: above the natural rate
  • Drate of inflation at point V: below the expected rate; unemployment rate at point V: below the natural rate

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