Suppose That the Nominal Wage, the Expected and Actual Price

Multiple Choice

Suppose that the nominal wage, the expected and actual price levels, and the expected and actual inflation rates for a hypothetical economy in 2017 are presented in the following table.

Given the data, we know that:

A) the actual real wage is greater than the expected real wage.
B) the unemployment rate will rise.
C) firms will hire more workers than they planned.
D) the unemployment rate will not change.