Suppose your earn 3% wage from your employer. Then, the government releases economic data indicating the inflation rate is running at 5%. Are you better off? Based upon changes in your real wages, did your standard of living improve ?

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Q: Suppose your income rises from $20,000 to $21,000 while the CPI rises from 150 to 180. Your standard…

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Q: What is the inflation-free interest rate?

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Q: how do I calculate the yearly inflation rate when given the monthly cpi for each basket of goods the…

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Q: Ten years ago, Ginny inherited $50,000 from her grandmother. She decided to invest all of this money…

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Q: suppose a family income increases by 3 percent at the same time that inflation is 0 percent   what…

A: If an income of a family increases by 3% but the inflation rate is 0% i.e. unchanged. This implies…

Q: Suppose you borrow $100 from a bank at 5 percent interest for 1 year and the inflation rate that…

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A: In an economy, inflation rate between two years can be computed as: =[(CPI in year 2-CPI in year…

Q: The rate of inflation in Zimbabwe rose in 2018 from 10.6% to 577.21% in 2020.  What was the positive…

A: Inflation shows the increase in price level of goods and services in an economy. When price level…

Q: Suppose you take out a loan for school this year for $4500. The bank expects that the rate of…

A: Inflation is the rate at which the value of a currency is falling and, consequently, the general…

Q: a) suppose a student in 2007 estimated that her expenses were distributed among the CPI categories…

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Q: Inflation does not reduce the purchasing power of most workers

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Q: Suppose Georgette earns $13 an hour installing transistorized digital chips in electronic…

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Q: Your parents have given you $2,500 a year before your graduation so that you can take a trip when…

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Q: In January 2019, the U.S. economy added 302,000 new jobs. Yet the unemployment rate rose from 3.9%…

A: It is true that even though there was addition of jobs in January 2019, in the U.S, still the…

Q: Why should the unemployment rate matter to employers?

A: Unemployment refers to the situation when individual willing to work and actively seeking employment…

Q: In order to make up for the future loss in purchasing power. the rate at which you earn interest…

A: Inflation is an economic phenomenon that refers to the persistent increase in the prices of goods…

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Q: Over a long period of time, the price of a kebab rose from £5.00 to £7.50. Over the same period,…

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Q: Suppose a person works hard at a job after graduation and after her first year, her effort is…

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Q: t causes the high unemployment rate in south Africa?

A: South Africa is a country located in the southern part of the African continent. It stands at the…

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Q: How should the situation be rectified to return to full employment

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Q: The price of a typical laptop computer has fallen from $2,000 in 1985 to $800 today. At the same…

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Q: what impact does inflation have on the value of business

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A: High inflation makes some people worse off and some people better off.

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Q: What is the Inflation factor?

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Q: You earn $50,000 a year in 2019. At the beginning of 2019, you can buy your necessities for $500 per…

A: Salary in real terms is salary adjusted for inflation

Q: Effect of inflation on demand and supply

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Q: How do higher gasoline prices contribute to inflation?

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