What does the short-run Phillips curve describe?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. A trade-off between the rate of inflation and the rate of unemployment
- Step 1: Phillips observed that low unemployment went with higher wage inflation. Step 2. This gives a short-run trade-off. Answer: inflation versus unemployment. Why not the others: these relations are not what the curve shows.
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