(Table 2: Income and Consumer Price Index Data for Four

question 30

Multiple Choice

(Table 2: Income and Consumer Price Index Data for Four Cities, 2008 and 2018) Table 2 provides income and Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for four cities for two years. Citizens of which city would be suffering from the money illusion if they claimed that they were better-off financially in 2018? $\begin{array}{c}\text { Table 2: Income and Consumer Price Index Data for Four Cities, } 2008 \text { and } 2018\\\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline \quad \quad \quad & \text { City A } \quad \quad \quad & \text { City B } \quad \quad \quad & \text { City C } \quad \quad \quad & \text { City D } \quad \quad \\\hline \begin{array}{c}2008 \text { average } \\\text { income }\end{array} & \$ 40,000 & \$ 70,000 & \$ 85,000 & \$ 100,000 \\\hline 2008 \text { CPI } & 120 & 130 & 90 & 100 \\\hline \begin{array}{c}2018 \text { average } \\\text { income }\end{array} & \$ 65,000 & \$ 100,000 & \$ 160,000 & \$ 160,000 \\\hline 2018 \text { CPI } & 150 & 150 & 160 & 170 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$

• A) city A
• B) city B
• C) city C
• D) city D

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