The Problem with the Traditional Macroeconomic Treatment of Expectations of Inflation

question 246

Multiple Choice

The problem with the traditional macroeconomic treatment of expectations of inflation is that

• A) the model is not consistent with the microeconomic assumption that individuals are rational, forward-looking people.
• B) the model assumes that individuals will merely guess at what the inflation rate will be.
• C) in the model people always assume that inflation will be zero.
• D) the way people formulate expectations in that model assumes that individuals are highly sophisticated in their economic thinking.

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Definitions:

Money Supply

The aggregate sum of funds within an economy, encompassing cash, coins, and the amounts contained in checking and savings accounts.

Deposits On Reserve

Funds that banks must hold in reserve and not lend out, as required by central banking regulations.

Largest Bank

The bank with the highest level of assets or market capitalization within a particular geographic or regulatory jurisdiction.

Assets

Economic resources or valuable items owned by an individual or business, capable of being converted into cash or used to generate income.