If All Prices Experience an Increase of 4 Percent in One

question 131

Multiple Choice

If all prices experience an increase of 4 percent in one year, then which of the following is necessarily true?

• A) The rate of inflation for that year is 4 percent.
• B) The level of consumer demand is higher in that year as compared to the previous year.
• C) The average unemployment level has increased.
• D) The output of the economy has fallen by 4 percent in that year.

Analyze the impact of marginal cost and fixed cost on production decisions.

Understand the implications of antitrust laws on market competition and efficiency.

Grasp the concept of Nash equilibrium in the context of non-collusive oligopolies.

Identify the price effect and output effect in the context of increasing production in imperfectly competitive markets.

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