The misery index is calculated as the

a. inflation rate plus the unemployment rate.
b. unemployment rate minus the inflation rate.
c. actual inflation rate minus the expected inflation rate.
d. natural unemployment rate times the inflation rate


a

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Generally,

A) countries with the most independent central banks have the lowest inflation rates. B) countries with the least independent central banks have the lowest inflation rates. C) countries without central banks have the lowest inflation rates. D) the degree of independence of a country's central banks has little to do with its inflation rate.

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Refer to the table below. Recall that the bidders only know their own private value of the item and they do not know the other participants' private values. Further, the participants are bidding in a sealed-bid second-price auction and each participant will submit bids using their optimal strategy, except Bidder #5 who submits a bid of $10.25 million. If the rest of the participants submit bids

according to their optimal strategy, Bidder ________ wins the auction and pays ________.


The table above lists the independent private values of five participants in an auction. Each of the bidders only knows their own value and does not know the private values of the other participants.

A) $3; $10.25 million
B) #5; $10 million
C) $3; $10 million
D) #5; $10.25 million

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Which of the following is true? a. The nominal wage will be constant only if the inflation rate is constant

b. The real wage will be greater than the nominal wage only if the inflation rate is constant. c. The nominal wage and the real wage will change by the same amount if the price level is constant. d. The real wage will be equal to one only if the price level is zero. e. The real wage will be constant only if the nominal wage is constant.

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The four firm concentration ratio in an industry with ten equally sixed firms is 40%

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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