When a nation prints money (rather than taxing directly) to finance its government spending, it results in inflation, and purchasing power of the private sector falls. This is known as:

A) benchmarking.
B) indirect taxation.
C) seigniorage.
D) creeping inflation.

Answer: C) seigniorage.

Economics

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A) $20 B) $15 C) $25 D) $45

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If the consumption function is expressed as C = a + mpc × YD, then "mpc" represents

A) autonomous consumer expenditure. B) the marginal propensity to consume. C) the expenditure multiplier. D) disposable income.

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