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An Economy Has a Current Inflation Rate of 8

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An economy has a current inflation rate of 8%. If the central bank wants to reduce inflation to 4% and the sacrifice ratio is 2, then how much annual output must be sacrificed in the transition?


A) 12%
B) 6%
C) 8%
D) 2%

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