If the CPI was 196.5 in 2005 and 172.2 in 2000, by what percentage did prices rise during the period 2000-2005?

Why does the government provide benefits in-kind? Why don't we just give money to low-income people?

The Congressional Budget Office reported that federal budget deficits in the United States were likely to increase during the next decade, and due to these higher deficits, "the nation's capital stock ultimately would be smaller, and productivity and

income would be lower than would be the case if the debt was smaller." This higher budget deficit would be represented graphically by A) a shift in the supply curve for loanable funds to the right. B) a shift in the supply curve for loanable funds to the left. C) a movement to the right along the supply curve for loanable funds. D) a movement to the left along the supply curve for loanable funds.