After firm A producing one good acquired another firm B producing another good, it lowered the prices for the bundle of goods. One can conclude that the goods were

A rising inflation rate tends to help the following types of people:

A) retirees and students with savings accounts. B) borrowers and homeowners without mortgages. C) homeowners with mortgages and students with loans. D) landowners and borrowers.

Chain-weighted GDP deflator inflation differs from GDP deflation inflation because:

a. it uses different goods in its calculation. b. it uses two different base years to get the quantities used to calculate the index. c. it uses a constant set of prices every year. d. it uses two different base years to get the prices used to calculate the index.