AP Macro Phillips Curve

Question 1

The Phillips Curve illustrates the short-run relationship between which two macroeconomic variables?

Accepted Answer

Inflation and unemployment

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GDP growth and interest rates

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Money supply and interest rates

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Exports and imports

Question 2

Along the short-run Phillips Curve (SRPC), when unemployment decreases, inflation tends to:

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Increase

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Decrease

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Remain constant

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Turn negative (deflation)

Question 3

What does the Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment (NAIRU) represent on a Phillips Curve diagram?

Accepted Answer

The unemployment rate consistent with stable inflation

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The inflation rate when unemployment is zero

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The maximum possible unemployment rate in an economy

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The minimum inflation rate a central bank can achieve

Question 4

If the economy is operating below the NAIRU, which of the following is most likely to occur over time?

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Accelerating inflation

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Deflation

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Rising unemployment

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Decreasing interest rates

Question 5

The concept of 'stagflation' in the 1970s challenged the simple Phillips Curve because it demonstrated that:

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High inflation and high unemployment can occur simultaneously

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Unemployment and inflation cannot coexist in any economy

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The Phillips Curve slope was steeper than economists originally believed

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Unemployment always causes deflation in the long run

Question 6

Which economists are primarily credited with developing the expectations-augmented Phillips Curve in the late 1960s?

Accepted Answer

Milton Friedman and Edmund Phelps

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John Maynard Keynes and Paul Samuelson

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A.W. Phillips and Robert Solow

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Paul Volcker and Alan Greenspan

Question 7

A.W. Phillips originally developed the Phillips Curve relationship using wage and unemployment data from which country?

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United Kingdom

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United States

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Germany

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Japan