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The Self-Fulfilling Nature of Inflation Expectations
Suppose that in an economy, workers and firms widely come to believe that the inflation rate will be 4% next year, a significant increase from the 1% they had previously anticipated. Explain the mechanism through which this change in belief alone can cause the actual inflation rate to rise, even if the level of unemployment remains unchanged.
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