Runaway Inflation

question 1

Multiple Choice

Runaway inflation

• A) is less damaging to an economy than creeping inflation.
• B) means that real income rises more rapidly than money income.
• C) increases the value of money quickly and thoroughly.
• D) results from rapidly escalating the amount of money being printed.
• E) makes it less likely that people will engage in speculation.

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