If the prices of domestic consumer goods increased while the prices of imported consumer goods decreased, and the demand for each remained the same, which of the following would most likely occur?
a. The GDP price index would decrease while the CPI would increase.
b. Both the GDP price index and the CPI would decrease.
c. The GDP price index would increase more than the CPI.
d. The CPI would increase more than the GDP price index.
e. Both the GDP price index and the CPI would increase by the same amount.
C
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All of the following are reasons why the wages of workers and the prices of inputs rise more slowly than the prices of final goods and services except
A) contracts make prices and wages sticky. B) unions are successful in pushing up wages. C) menu costs make some prices sticky. D) firms are often slow to adjust wages.
If a policy change by the Fed is ________, then the change in policy has exactly the same result on the economy as it does when we assume that households and firms have adaptive expectations
A) unannounced or not credible B) unannounced or credible C) announced or credible D) announced or not credible