An economy is in long-run macroeconomic equilibrium with an unemployment rate of 3.5% and an inflation rate of 2%, when the government passes a law requiring the central bank to use monetary policy to lower the unemployment rate to 2% and keep it there. Which of the following would be a consequence of the law?

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An economy is in long-run macroeconomic equilibrium with an unemployment rate of 3.5% and an inflation rate of 2%, when
the government passes a law requiring the central bank to use monetary policy to lower the unemployment rate to 2% and
keep it there.
Which of the following would be a consequence of the law?
O a. In the long run, the unemployment rate will be equal to 2% and the inflation rate will be equal to 2%.
O b. In the long run, the unemployment rate will be 3.5% but the inflation rate will be higher than 2%:
Oc In the long run, the unemployment rate will be higher than 3.5% and the inflation rate will be higher than 2%.
O d. In the long run, the unemployment rate will fall below 3.5% but the inflation rate will be higher than 29%.
Transcribed Image Text:An economy is in long-run macroeconomic equilibrium with an unemployment rate of 3.5% and an inflation rate of 2%, when the government passes a law requiring the central bank to use monetary policy to lower the unemployment rate to 2% and keep it there. Which of the following would be a consequence of the law? O a. In the long run, the unemployment rate will be equal to 2% and the inflation rate will be equal to 2%. O b. In the long run, the unemployment rate will be 3.5% but the inflation rate will be higher than 2%: Oc In the long run, the unemployment rate will be higher than 3.5% and the inflation rate will be higher than 2%. O d. In the long run, the unemployment rate will fall below 3.5% but the inflation rate will be higher than 29%.
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