Explain how inflation is sometimes beneficial to the society
Although the economic effects of inflation are primarily negative, two countervailing points are worth noting. First, the effect of inflation will differ considerably according to whether it is creeping up slowly at 0–2 percent per year, galloping along at 10–20 percent per year, or racing to the point of hyperinflation at, say, 40 percent per month. Hyperinflation can rip an economy and a society apart, but an annual inflation rate of 2 percent or 3 percent or 4 percent is a long way from a national crisis. Second, it is sometimes argued that moderate inflation may help the economy by making wages in labor markets more flexible. (Elaborate a little; nominal wages tend toward downward rigidity, but gradual inflation "nips" at nominal wages, causing gradual declines in some real wages that are desirable from an economics perspective.)
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The above figure shows Jane's budget line and two of her indifference curves. Which of the following happens to Jane's budget line if there were a decrease in her monthly dining out budget?
A) It would bend toward the origin, becoming more convex. B) It would bend away from the origin, becoming more concave. C) It would shift rightward and not change its slope. D) It would shift leftward and not change its slope.
Refer to Figure 28-6. If firms and workers have adaptive expectations, an expansionary monetary policy will cause the short-run equilibrium to move from
A) point C to point B. B) point B to point C. C) point A to point B. D) point B to point A. E) point A to point C.