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The Government Estimates That the Natural Unemployment Rate Has Increased

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The government estimates that the natural unemployment rate has increased from 4.8 percent in 2006 to 5.2 percent in late 2012. If these estimates are accurate, the short-run Phillips curve has


A) shifted rightward.
B) shifted leftward.
C) not shifted.
D) None of the above answers are correct because the effect on the short-run Phillips curve is ambiguous.

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