Chapter 7: Q.7.5 (page 142)
Understand key features of business fluctuations.
Short Answer
Business fluctuations are increments and diminish in monetary action, as estimated by increments and diminish in real GDP.
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Chapter 7: Q.7.5 (page 142)
Understand key features of business fluctuations.
Business fluctuations are increments and diminish in monetary action, as estimated by increments and diminish in real GDP.
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Suppose that in 2019 there is a sudden, unanticipated burst of inflation. Consider the situations faced by the following individuals. Who gains and who loses?
a. A homeowner whose wages will keep pace with inflation in 2019 but whose monthly mortgage payments to a savings bank will remain fixed
b. An apartment landlord who has guaranteed to his tenants that their monthly rent payments during 2019 will be the same as they were during 2018
c. A banker who made an auto loan that the auto buyer will repay at a fixed rate of interest during 2019
d. A retired individual who earns a pension with fixed monthly payments from her past employer during 2019
Consider the following price indexes: 90 in 2017, 100 in 2018,110 in 2019, 121 in 2020, and 150 in 2021. Answer the following questions.
a. Which year is likely the base year?
b. What is the inflation rate from 2018 to 2019?
c. What is the inflation rate from 2019 to 2020?
d. If the cost of a market basket in 2018 is 2,000$, what is the cost of the same basket of goods and services in 2017? In 2021?
Consider the diagram below. The line represents the economy's growth trend, and the curve represents the economy's actual course of business fluctuations. For each part below, provide the letter label from the portion of the curve that corresponds to the associated term.
a. Contraction
b. Peak
c. Trough
d. Expansion

Explain how the U.S. government calculates the official unemployment rate
In what way are the PPI and CPI likely to diverge for a while following a sustained increase in import prices? Explain briefly.
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