(Consider This) The ratchet effect is the tendency

A. the price level to increase but not to decrease.
B. nominal GDP to increase more rapidly than real GDP.
C. real interest rates to fall more rapidly than nominal interest rates.
D. consumption to rise year after year regardless of what happens to disposable income.


A. the price level to increase but not to decrease.

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