Multiple Choice
Monetary Policy in Highland
Highland has had inflation of 15% for many years. Highland establishes a new central bank, the Bank of Highland, with the hopes of reducing the inflation rate.
-Refer to Monetary Policy in Highland. The Bank of Highland publicizes that it intends to reduce the inflation rate to 5%. If it is successful in doing so but people had expected inflation to fall only to 10%, then
A) unemployment rises but it would have risen by more if people had expected inflation to be 6%.
B) unemployment rises but it would have risen by less if people had expected inflation to be 6%.
C) unemployment falls but it would have fallen by more if people had expected inflation to be 6%.
D) unemployment falls but it would have fallen by less if people had expected inflation to be 6%.
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