27) Robert Shiller posed the following question to workers:ʺImagine that next year the inflation rateunexpectedly doubles. How long would it probably take, in these times, before your income isincreased enough so that you can afford the same things as you do today?ʺShiller found that________ percent of the workers he interviewed reported that it would take several years to restorethe purchasing power of their wages or that this power would never be restored.27)
A) 25B) 42C) 64D) 81Answer: D
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Topic: Inflation Expectations and Wages
Learning Outcome: Macro 13: Discuss the key measures, theories, and effects of inflation and deflation
AACSB:
TRUE/FALSE. Write
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if the statement is true and
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if the statement is false.
28) Ceteris paribus, in the short run following an increase in the rate of growth in Aggregate Demand,we would expect to see an increase in the rate of inflation and an increase in the rate ofunemployment.
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Learning Outcome: Macro 13: Discuss the key measures, theories, and effects of inflation and deflation
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
29) If the actual rate of inflation exceeds the expected rate of inflation, the actual real wage is greaterthan the expected real wage and unemployment falls.29)
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Learning Outcome: Macro 13: Discuss the key measures, theories, and effects of inflation and deflation
AACSB: Reflective Thinking


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