Refer to the Following Figure to Answer the Questions That

question 12

Multiple Choice

Refer to the following figure to answer the questions that follow.

-As presented in the figure,one could correctly state that during the period shown:

• A) the United States and the European Union generally experienced periods of both inflation and deflation.
• B) generally, the United States experienced deflation, but the European Union experienced inflation.
• C) generally, the European Union experienced more deflation than the United States did.
• D) there was never a time when either the United States or the European Union experienced deflation.
• E) there were brief periods of hyperinflation for both the United States and the European Union in the 1970s and early 1980s.

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