Suppose that members of Congress successfully eliminated the
Suppose that members of Congress successfully eliminated the Commerce Department, and in so doing the federal government no longer collected or distributed economic data (including inflation data). What impact would this have on the short-run aggregate supply (SRAS) curve and the long-run aggregate supply (LRAS) curve?
C. the SRAS curve would shift to the right and the LRAS curve would shift to the right
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Solution
SRAS shifts to the right and LRAS shifts to the right.
It is so because without data, firms will try to supply their optimum.

