What is the purpose of the following figure?

What will be an ideal response?


The purpose of the figure is to show the inflation convergence within the six original EMS members. The figure shows the difference between domestic inflation and German inflation for six of the original EMS members. As of 1997 all national inflation rates were very close to the German levels. See Figure 20 in the textbook for a more updated figure.

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Inflation:

a. reduces the cost-of-living of the typical worker. b. is measured by changes in the cost of a typical market basket of goods between time periods. c. causes the purchasing power of a dollar to rise. d. has no effect on real income.

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The slope of an indifference curve represents the maximum amount of one commodity that a consumer is willing to give up in exchange for one more unit of another commodity

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

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The major cost of production in the economy is

a. interest expense. b. capital costs. c. rents. d. profits. e. wages.

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Refer to the graph shown. The supply curve for the perfectly competitive firm is best represented by the segment:

A. DE. B. BD. C. AB. D. CE.

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