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Why can the price level be treated as fixed in the first stage of analysis?
AThe economy has unused resources
BPrices are set by the RBI
COutput is always at full capacity
DDemand is perfectly inelastic
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. The economy has unused resources
With idle machines, buildings and labour, extra output needs no higher marginal cost, so the price level does not move.
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