Question

The economy's self-correcting mechanism (market forces) a. tends to push unemployment toward a specific point called the natural rate of unemployment. b. works better at correcting inflationary gaps than recessionary gaps. c. cannot work if the Phillips curve is vertical. d. ensures that the economy will not have to endure a long period of high unemployment.

Answer 1

Answer:

b. works better at correcting inflationary gaps than recessionary gaps.

Explanation:

The self correcting mechanism is a automatic process in which the aggregate market eliminates an inflationary gap created by a short-run equilibrium that is greater than full employment through increases in wages and other resource prices.