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The term that explains the situation when the lenders and workers are unwilling to help firms in production of output.
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The term that explains the situation where the decision of workers is based on the changes of nominal wages than the real wages.
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The term that explains the situation where the real value of payments of loan is reduced by an unexpected inflation.
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The term that explains the situation where the firms cannot differentiate between the change in relative price of the goods or the change in the price level overall.
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The term that explains the situation when the restaurants are required to spend their resources to change the prices of food items.
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The term that explains the situation where individuals own stock shares for many years and then sell them and pay taxes on the nominal gain on them.
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The term that explains the situation when people leave their work early to buy products before the products are hit by inflation.
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- Explain the negative effects of high inflationarrow_forwardexplain the difference between cost push and demand pull inflation using diagramsarrow_forwardPlease match each scenario to the inflation term it best exemplifies. I inflation Deflation Disinflation Hyperinflation which one of the answers from the answer bank goes into the sections inflation, deflation, disinflation, or hyperinflation. (look at the image)arrow_forward
- ‘If the economy has high but stable inflation, the government has much to lose and little to gain by reducing inflation to a low rate.’ Explain and assess this statement.arrow_forwardIn every election year, politicians sing their own praises of having stabilized prices through the attainment of single digit inflation. As a macroeconomist, explain three policy measures that could be used to fight inflationsarrow_forwardWhich of the below statements IS NOT CORRECT about the term "inflation" or its effect, as Charles Wheelan explains the term in this chapter? Group of answer choices Massive inflation (or, hyperinflation) distorts the economy, as workers rush to spend their cash before it becomes worthless. The most instructive way to think about inflation is not that prices are going up, but rather that the purchasing power of the dollar is going down. Inflation redistributes wealth arbitrarily, as unexpected bouts of inflation are good for debtors and bad for lenders. Inflation favors retired people with fixed incomes and increases the purchasing power of their income.arrow_forward
- Which of the following are CORRECT statements regarding inflation and real variables? Select ONLY THOSE THAT APPLY. Select 2 correct answer(s) If nominal interest rate is 10 percent, the inflation rate is 5 percent, and the tax rate is 30 percent, the real after-tax interest rate is 2 percent. Lower than anticipated inflation raises the real wage rate (adjusted for inflation) and workers gain at the expense of employers who lose. If the money wage rate is $30.00 an hour and the price level is 120, the real wage rate is $24.00.arrow_forwardLet's say the inflation rate in an economy turns out to be higher than expected. Will the following people, or bank, be affected? Helped, hurt, or unaffected? a. Someone keeping a large quantity of cash in a shoe box in their closet. b. A bank lending money at a fixed rate of interest c. A union member with a COLA wage contract d. A person who is not due to receive a pay raise for another 11 monthsarrow_forwardPlease explain fully, Can inflation decrease unemployment?arrow_forward
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