Suppose in an economy and , where is the rate of inflation in period , is the expected rate of inflation in period and is the rate of unemployment in period . Suppose in period 1 expectations regarding inflation are realized and the unemployment rate in the economy remains constant from period 1 onwards. Answer the following questions :
(a) What is the value of the inflation rate in period 3 if ?
(b) What happens to the value of the inflation rate as ?
(c) For what value of the inflation rate in period 0, will the inflation rate in the economy remain constant from period 2 onwards?
