Refer to the Following Figure When Answering the Following Questions

question 21

Multiple Choice

Refer to the following figure when answering the following questions:
-Referring to the figure,we can observe that

• A) inflation seemed to stabilize in the years 2000-2002,but it then spiked between 2002 and 2004.
• B) inflation was always under control in every year shown.
• C) there was a relatively constant increase in inflation throughout the entire period shown.
• D) inflation tended to fall consistently throughout the entire period shown.
• E) there were periods of inflation and deflation depicted in the chart.

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