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If the price level falls and the money wage rate does not change, some firms _____ and there is _____.
A. start up; a rightward shift of the aggregate supply curve
B. shut down; a leftward shift of the aggregate supply curve
C. shut down; a decrease in the quantity of real GDP supplied
D. start up; an increase in potential GDP
E. shut down; a decrease in potential GDP
Money wage and real wage
The money wage rate is the wage rate measured in current year price and the real wage rate is the wage rate measured in base year price.
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