Inflation is measured by examining the percent increase in the ________ from one year to the next.

A. price of gas
B. GDP growth
C. nominal GDP
D. CPI


Answer: D

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A) a flexible exchange-rate system. B) a floating exchange-rate system. C) a fixed exchange-rate system. D) an exchange-rate union.

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An optimum that occurs as a corner solution

A) includes only one good. B) cannot be an equilibrium. C) cannot exhaust the budget constraint. D) includes the exact same amounts of each good.

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In the short run, firms earning a profit will want to ________ their profits while firms suffering losses will want to ________ their losses.

A. minimize; minimize B. maximize; minimize C. minimize; maximize D. maximize; maximize

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