If the consumer price index was 96 in 2012, 100 in 2013, and 102 in 2014, then the base year must be
a. 2012.
b. 2013.
c. 2014.
d. The base year cannot be determined from the given information.
b
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The table above has information about the CPI, nominal wage rate, and nominal interest rate for the country of Syldavia for the years 2010 to 2012. The reference base year is 2011. The inflation rate in Syldavia from 2011 to 2012 was
A) 8.4 percent. B) 8.0 percent. C) 4.0 percent. D) 3.0 percent. E) 10.3 percent.
The outcome of the game in the figure shown predicts that Joe will earn utility of:
This figure shows the payoffs involved when Sarah and Joe work on a school project together for a single grade. They both will enjoy a higher grade when more effort is put into the project, but they also get pleasure from goofing off and not working on the project. The payoffs can be thought of as the utility each would get from the effort they individually put forth and the grade they jointly receive.
A. 5.
B. 7.
C. 9.
D. 13.
Other things the same, a decrease in the real interest rate raises the quantity of
a. domestic investment and net capital outflow. b. domestic investment but not net capital outflow. c. net capital outflow but not domestic investment. d. neither domestic investment nor net capital outflow.
In the dynamic aggregated demand and aggregate supply model, inflation occurs if
A) the AD curve shifts more to the right than the LRAS curve. B) the SRAS curve shifts more to the right than the AD curve. C) the AD curve shifts to the left and the SRAS curve shifts to the right. D) the AD curve shifts to the left and the LRAS curve shifts to the right.