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d. changeinthepriceofaspecificcommodity.
ANSWER:
b. percentagechangeintheconsumerpriceindex.
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2. Overthelast60yearstheaverageannualU.S.inflationratewasabout
a. 2percent.
b. 3percent.
c. 5percent.
d. 7percent.
c. 5percent.
3. Overthelast60yearstheaverageannualU.S.inflationratewasabout
a. 3percentimplyingthatpriceshaveincreased12-fold.
b. 5percentimplyingthatpriceshaveincreased12-fold
c. 3percentimplyingthatpriceshaveincreased18-fold.
d. 5percentimplyingthatpricesincreasedabout18-fold.
d. 5percentimplyingthatpricesincreasedabout18-fold.
4. Whenpricesarefalling,economistssaythatthereis
a. disinflation.
b. deflation.
c. acontraction.
d. aninvertedinflation.
b. deflation.
5. WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutU.S.inflationisfalse?
a. LowinflationwasviewedasatriumphofPresidentCarter'
seconomicpolicy.
b. Therewerelongperiodsinthenineteenthcenturyduringwhichpricesfell.
c. TheU.S.publichasviewedinflationofeven7percentasamajoreconomicproblem.
d. TheU.S.inflationratehasvariedovertime,butinternationaldatashowsevenmorevariation.
a. LowinflationwasviewedasatriumphofPresidentCarter'
6. WhichofthefollowingconcerningthehistoryofU.S.inflationisfalse?
a. Pricesroseatanaverageannualrateofabout5percentoverthelast60years.
b. Therewasaboutan18-foldincreaseinthepriceleveloverthelast60years.
c. Inflationinthe1970swasbelowtheaverageoverthelast60years.
d. TheUnitedStateshasexperiencedperiodsofdeflation.
c. Inflationinthe1970swasbelowtheaverageoverthelast60years.
7. Therewashyperinflation
a. during1880–1896intheUnitedStates.
b. inpost–WorldWarIGermany.
c. duringthe1970sintheUnitedStates.
d. Alloftheabovearecorrect.
b. inpost–WorldWarIGermany.
8. Whichofthefollowingeventsinpost–WorldWarIGermanylikelycontributedtotheriseofNazismandWorldWarII?
a. deflationthatproveddetrimentaltofarmers
b. anaversiontoinflationbypolicymakersthatkeptwagesstagnant
c. anunexpecteddropininflationthathurtborrowers
d. anextraordinarilyhighrateofinflation
d. anextraordinarilyhighrateofinflation
9. Theclassicaltheoryofinflation
a. isalsoknownasthequantitytheoryofmoney.
b. wasdevelopedbysomeoftheearliesteconomicthinkers.
c. isusedbymostmoderneconomiststoexplainthelong-rundeterminantsoftheinflationrate.
d. Alloftheabovearecorrect.
10. Thequantitytheoryofmoney
a. isafairlyrecentadditiontoeconomictheory.
b. canexplainbothmoderateandhyperinflations.
c. arguesthatinflationiscausedbytoolittlemoneyintheeconomy.
b. canexplainbothmoderateandhyperinflations.
11. Economistsallagreethat
a. neitherhighinflationnormoderateinflationisverycostly.
b. bothhighandmoderateinflationarequitecostly.
c. highinflationiscostly,butdisagreeaboutthecostsofmoderateinflation.
d. moderateinflationisascostlyashighinflation.
c. highinflationiscostly,butdisagreeaboutthecostsofmoderateinflation.
12. Whenthepricelevelfalls,thenumberofdollarsneededtobuyarepresentativebasketofgoods
a. increases,sothevalueofmoneyrises.
b. increases,sothevalueofmoneyfalls.
c. decreases,sothevalueofmoneyrises.
d. decreases,sothevalueofmoneyfalls.
c. decreases,sothevalueofmoneyrises.
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13. Whenthevalueofmoneyrises,thenumberofdollarsneededtobuyarepresentativebasketofgoods
a. increases,andsothepricelevelrises.
b. increases,andsothepricelevelfalls.
c. decreases,andsothepricelevelrises.
d. decreases,andsothepricelevelfalls.
d. decreases,andsothepricelevelfalls.
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14. Whenthenumberofdollarsneededtobuyarepresentativebasketofgoodsfalls,thevalueofmoney
a. ris