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Imagine that the economy is entering a recession. Explain what we would expect to happen to real GDP, inflation, the unemployment rate, and interest rates as the business cycle trends downward. - CORRECT ANSWERIf the economy is entering a recession, unemployment rates would increase, inflation decreases, real GDP would decrease, and interest rates would decrease as the government's attempt to stimulate spending by cutting interest rates. What is "Potential GDP"? How is it different t...