If input prices adjusted very quickly to output prices, as classical economists argue, what shape would the Phillips curve take?

Correct answer A. Vertical or nearly vertical

Explanation

If wages and costs adjust at once to prices, firms gain nothing from higher inflation, so output and unemployment do not change and the curve is vertical.

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