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标题: Reading 25: U.S. Inflation, Unemployment, and Business Cycles [打印本页]

作者: honeycfa    时间: 2010-4-17 13:05     标题: [2010]Session 6-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 unemployment.
B)
increasing inflationary pressures.
C)
a positive rate of economic growth.



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

 

作者: honeycfa    时间: 2010-4-17 13:05

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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