The Expected Inflation Rate Is the

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Multiple Choice

The expected inflation rate is the

• A) inflation rate that people forecast and use to set the money wage and other money prices.
• B) rate that people expect the Bureau of Labor Statistics to announce each month, on which bookies take bets.
• C) inter-annual, non-energy inflation rate.
• D) inflation rate that the Federal Reserve system announces as the policy goal for the year.
• E) same as the actual inflation rate.

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