Exam 8: The Price Level and Inflation

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If cheeseburgers become more expensive and consumers switch their purchases away from cheeseburgers but the consumer price index CPI) still assumes they buy the same amount, then

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Refer to the following table to answer the next questions: Year CPI 1999 80 2000 87 2001 105 2002 112 2003 108 2004 117 -As presented in the table, the rate of inflation or deflation) from 2002-2003 was rounded to two decimal places)

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If people bought the same market basket of goods as the average consumer again and again the

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The value of the consumer price index CPI) in 2011 was 229 compared to the base period's, which will always have the value of

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In Bovania, milk constitutes 56 percent of the typical basket of goods for a typical consumer. Let's say the price of milk rises by 4 percent and the prices of all other goods fall by 10 percent. Based on the information given, we can definitely say

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Explain how inflation redistributes wealth, and under what conditions.

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Donna Newton made $0.30 per hour in 1946 at a small restaurant in Clearfield, Pennsylvania. If the consumer price index CPI) was 18.3 in 1946 and 202.4 in 2011 and the legal minimum wage in 2011 was $7.25, then

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In terms of inflation, the period from the mid-1980s until today in the United States is called the "Great Moderation." This refers to the fact that

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Refer to the following figure when answering the next questions: Refer to the following figure when answering the next questions:    -In the figure, which of the following changes in the consumer price index CPI) of Brazil would most closely reflect what is depicted during the 2003-2004 time period? -In the figure, which of the following changes in the consumer price index CPI) of Brazil would most closely reflect what is depicted during the 2003-2004 time period?

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The main drawback of the chained consumer price index CPI) compared to the traditional CPI is that the chained CPI

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Inflation sometimes causes people to pay _______ capital gains tax than they ought to, _______ .

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Refer to the following figure to answer the next questions: Refer to the following figure to answer the next  questions:    -Based on the figure, one could correctly state that -Based on the figure, one could correctly state that

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Refer to the following figure when answering the next questions: Refer to the following figure when answering the next questions:    -Based on the figure, which of the following statements best applies? -Based on the figure, which of the following statements best applies?

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If a bank expects inflation to increase in the near future, how will it respond?

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Refer to the following table to answer the next questions: Year CPI 1999 80 2000 87 2001 105 2002 112 2003 108 2004 117 -As presented in the table, the approximate rate of inflation or deflation) during 2000-2001 was rounded to the nearest percent)

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Explain how to calculate the inflation rate as a percentage, and how to interpret it.

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If the price index in 1922 was 17 and a unit of Nabisco Oreo cookies cost $0.32, and if the price index today is 220 and a unit of Nabisco Oreo cookies costs $2.99, then the inflation-adjusted price of Oreos today is

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Menu costs of inflation

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Refer to the following figure to answer the next questions: Refer to the following figure to answer the next  questions:    -As presented in the figure, one could correctly state that -As presented in the figure, one could correctly state that

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If real income increases, then nominal income

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