1. Illustrate the effects of the following developments on both the short-run and long-run Phillips curves. Give the economic reasoning underlying your answers.
a. a rise in the natural rate of unemployment
b. a decline in the price of imported oil
c. a rise in government spending d. a decline in expected inflation
2. Draw the short-run tradeoff between inflation and unemployment. How might the Fed move the economy from one point on this curve to another?