The use of government taxes and spending to alter macroeconomic outcomes is known as

If the representative basket of European goods and services costs 40 euros, the representative U.S. basket costs $50, and the dollar/euro exchange rate is $0.90 per euro, then the price of the European basket in terms of U.S. basket is

A) [(0.9 $/euro) (40 euro per a European basket)]/[(50 $/U.S. basket)]. B) [(0.9 $/euro) (50 $/U.S. basket)]/[(40 euro per a European basket)]. C) [(40 euro per a European basket)]/[(50 $/U.S. basket) (0.9 $/euro)]. D) [(50 $/U.S. basket)]. E) [(0.9 $/euro) (40 euro per a European basket) (50 $ U.S. basket)].

Inflation reduces the purchasing power of nominal income and increases the purchasing power of fixed income

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false