Suppose the economy exhibits a large, unexpected increase in productivity growth that lasts for a decade. Policymakers are (quite reasonably) slow to learn what has happened to potential output and incorrectly interpret the increase in output as a boom that leads actual output to exceed potential. Suppose they adjust macroeconomic policy so that the mismeasured level of short-run output is zero.

(a) What happens to the true amount of short-run output Y?
(b) What happens to inflation over time?

Atennis club charges a monthly membership fee of $150 and charges it members $10 per hour to use a court. there's also $500 fee to become a member. stella joined the tennis club last spring, and she has been a member for 5 months. she has been playing 10 hours of tennis each month. stella values an hour of her time at $20. during a boring afternoon meeting, stella thinks about reserving a court to work on her serve for an hour tonight. what's stella's opportunity cost of working on her serve for an hour?