ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
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O Macmillan i
Unemployment and ination-End of Chapter Frooiem
The accompanying diagram shows the inflation rate in the United Kingdom from 1980 to the present.
FRED-Inflation, consumer prices for the United Kingdom
20.0
175
12.5
10.0
7.5
S.O
2.5
0.0
1985
Source World Bank
1990
Between 1980 and 1985,
1995
O unemployment likely rose.
unemployment likely fell.
Othere is no way of determining how unemployment changed.
Inflation above 2% is harmful
2005
2010
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a. Between 1980 and 1985, policymakers in the United Kingdom worked to lower the inflation rate. What would you predict
happened to unemployment between 1980 and 1985?
2015
3030
b. Policy makers in the United Kingdom react forcefully when the inflation rate rises above a target rate of 2%. Why would it be
harmful if inflation rose from 1.7% (the level in 2019) to, say, a level of 5%?
O only if the inflation rate rises above the unemployment rate.
O because the cost of bringing it down is an unacceptable increase in unemployment.
Obecause a 2% rate of inflation is consistent with the natural rate of unemployment, and if one rises, the other will too
only if the unemployment rate rises above the inflation rate.
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Transcribed Image Text:on 17 of 17 > O Macmillan i Unemployment and ination-End of Chapter Frooiem The accompanying diagram shows the inflation rate in the United Kingdom from 1980 to the present. FRED-Inflation, consumer prices for the United Kingdom 20.0 175 12.5 10.0 7.5 S.O 2.5 0.0 1985 Source World Bank 1990 Between 1980 and 1985, 1995 O unemployment likely rose. unemployment likely fell. Othere is no way of determining how unemployment changed. Inflation above 2% is harmful 2005 2010 Customize | Download Data FRED-Economic Data from the St. Louis Fed a. Between 1980 and 1985, policymakers in the United Kingdom worked to lower the inflation rate. What would you predict happened to unemployment between 1980 and 1985? 2015 3030 b. Policy makers in the United Kingdom react forcefully when the inflation rate rises above a target rate of 2%. Why would it be harmful if inflation rose from 1.7% (the level in 2019) to, say, a level of 5%? O only if the inflation rate rises above the unemployment rate. O because the cost of bringing it down is an unacceptable increase in unemployment. Obecause a 2% rate of inflation is consistent with the natural rate of unemployment, and if one rises, the other will too only if the unemployment rate rises above the inflation rate.
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