According to the St. Louis Federal Reserve the natural unemployment rate is 4.42 percent (Q4 2023 ) and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) estimates the U.S. unemployment rate (U3, October 2023 B) to be 3.9 percent. If you expect unemployment to continue to fall the short-run Phillips curve would predict: OA decrease in the inflation rate. An increase in the inflation rate. ○ A decrease in the unemployment rate. ○ An increase in the unemployment rate.
According to the St. Louis Federal Reserve the natural unemployment rate is 4.42 percent (Q4 2023 ) and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) estimates the U.S. unemployment rate (U3, October 2023 B) to be 3.9 percent. If you expect unemployment to continue to fall the short-run Phillips curve would predict: OA decrease in the inflation rate. An increase in the inflation rate. ○ A decrease in the unemployment rate. ○ An increase in the unemployment rate.
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Transcribed Image Text:According to the St. Louis Federal Reserve the natural unemployment rate is 4.42 percent (Q4
2023 ) and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) estimates the U.S. unemployment rate
(U3, October 2023 B) to be 3.9 percent. If you expect unemployment to continue to fall the
short-run Phillips curve would predict:
OA decrease in the inflation rate.
An increase in the inflation rate.
○ A decrease in the unemployment rate.
○ An increase in the unemployment rate.
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