An individual holds $10,000 in a non-interest-earning checking account, and the overall price level rises significantly. Other things being constant, we would expect
A) the individual's real wealth to decrease and consumption to decline.
B) no change in the individual's real wealth but a decline in real national product.
C) the individual's stock of real wealth to decrease but real national income to increase.
D) the individual's wealth to increase.
A
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