Chapter 22 - The Short-Run Trade-Off Between Inflation and Unemployment

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Rational expectations

________- the theory that people optimally use all the information they have, including information about government policies, when forecasting the future.

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Phillips curve

________- a curve that shows the short- run trade- off between inflation and unemployment.

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aggregate demand

Decreases in the money supply, cuts in government spending, or increases in taxes contract ________ and move the economy to a point on the Phillips curve with lower inflation and higher unemployment.

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Phillips Curve

Shifts in the ________: The Role of Expectations.

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