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Fact 28.4.2
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand signed an agreement with the New Zealand government in which the Bank agreed to maintain inflation inside a low target range. Failure to achieve the target would result in the governor of the Bank losing his job.
-Consider Fact 28.4.2. Choose the correct statement.
A) The short-run Phillips curve shifted downward because people believed that the Bank of New Zealand was serious about meeting the new low inflation target.
B) A movement occurred down along the short-run Phillips curve because although the inflation rate fell, expectations did not change.
C) Neither actual inflation nor expected inflation changed, and there was no change in the short-run Phillips curve.
D) The short-run Phillips curve was abolished and New Zealand now has only a long-run Phillips curve.
E) The short-run Phillips curve shifted leftward because when inflation expectations fall, the natural unemployment rate decreases.
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