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Reading 25: U.S. Inflation, Unemployment, and Business Cycles

Session 6: Economics: Monetary and Fiscal Economics
Reading 25: U.S. Inflation, Unemployment, and Business Cycles

LOS f: Explain how economic growth, inflation, and unemployment affect the business cycle.

 

 

The expansion phase of a business cycle is least likely characterized by:

A)
increasing inflationary pressures.
B)
a positive rate of economic growth.
C)
increasing unemployment.


 

Unemployment is typically decreasing during the expansion phase of a business cycle.

During an economic contraction:

A)
the unemployment rate typically decreases.
B)
real GDP growth is greater than its sustainable long-term rate.
C)
inflationary pressures are typically decreasing.


An economic contraction (recession) is typically characterized by decreasing inflationary pressures, increasing unemployment, and low or negative real GDP growth.

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