If You Expect That the Inflation Rate Is 5 Percent

question 33

Multiple Choice

If you expect that the inflation rate is 5 percent and the inflation actual inflation rate turned out to be exactly 5 percent, then:

• A) the inflation rate was fully anticipated and there is no unanticipated inflation.
• B) the inflation rate was fully unanticipated.
• C) the anticipated inflation rate equals zero.
• D) the anticipated and unanticipated inflation rate equals 5 percent.

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