Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
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Transcribed Image Text:Price level
(GDP
deflator,
2009 = 100)
124
122
120
LRAS 2020
$18.0
LRAS 2021
SRAS2020
SRAS2021
AD 2021
(without policy)
AD2021
(with policy)
AD 2020
18.4 18.5 Real GDP
(trillions of
2009 dollars)
a. If the Fed does not take any policy action, what will be
the level of real GDP and the price level in 2021?
b. If the Fed wants to keep real GDP at its potential level
in 2021, should it use an expansionary policy or a
contractionary policy? Should the trading desk be
buying Treasury bills or selling them?
c. If the Fed takes no policy action, what will be the infla-
tion rate in 2021? If the Fed uses monetary policy to
keep real GDP at its potential level, what will be the
inflation rate in 2021?
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