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xroflmao

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Explain how the economy moves back to full employment from recession. Be sure to detail what happens to short-run aggregate supply, unemployment, equilibrium GDP and the price level.
 
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Proponents of the new classical macroeconomics do not believe which of the following?
 
  A) Wages and prices will adjust rapidly in the economy.
  B) Workers and firms use information contained in Fed policy to form inflation expectations.
  C) The economy will normally be at its potential level.
  D) Expansionary monetary policy can be an effective policy tool.



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Answer to Question 1

When an economy enters a recession, sales fall and unemployment rises via the automatic adjustment mechanism. The unemployment resulting from the recession makes workers more willing to accept lower wages. The slack demand will make firms willing to accept lower prices for their goods. In addition, the decline in the price level that occurs when the economy went into recession also makes workers willing to accept lower wages, and firms accept lower prices. This shifts the short-run aggregate supply curve to the right and moves the economy back toward potential GDP. Unemployment falls back to the natural level, and the price level falls.

Answer to Question 2

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