Suppose a person receives a 5% increase in pay when inflation is 4%. In this case, the nominal increase is__________ , the real increase is ____________, If the employee overestimates the real gain, this would be an example of___________. O. 9%, 4%, price confusion O. 5%, 1%, sticky wages O. 5%, 1%, employee misperceptions O. None of the other choices listed is correct. O. 5%, 4%, shoe leather costs

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32. Suppose a person receives a 5% increase in pay when inflation is 4%. In this case, the nominal increase is__________ , the real increase is ____________, If the employee overestimates the real gain, this would be an example of___________.

O. 9%, 4%, price confusion

O. 5%, 1%, sticky wages

O. 5%, 1%, employee misperceptions

O. None of the other choices listed is correct.

O. 5%, 4%, shoe leather costs

 

33. It is known that the method used by the BLS to calculate the U3 unemployment rate biases the results, All of the biases tend to cause the reported U3 statistic to be lower than what it really is.

O. True

O. False

 

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