West paragon, a developed economy, has been experiencing stable and low inflation for the last two years. there is consensus that the current unemployment rate of 4 percent is also its natural rate of unemployment. however, the country's gdp growth is stagnating and the government of west paragon is worried about a possible slowdown. given the situation members of the government believe that the central bank should increase money supply in order to stimulate growth. analysts at a leading economic research institute however believe that increasing money supply will only raise inflation and will not have any positive impact on unemployment. which of the following, if true, will weaken the claim of the analysts at the research institute?
a. people of west paragon tend to underestimate monetary policy impacts.
b. the target interest rate in west paragon is at its highest level in eight years.
c. the growth in nominal wages over the last two years has been very low.
d. the central bank of west paragon usually targets inflation instead of money supply.
e. most industry experts are of the opinion that west paragon's economy is excessively regulated, thus stifling growth.

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