For the Past Several Decades, Union Membership in the United

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Multiple Choice

For the past several decades, union membership in the United States has been declining. What has been happening in the rest of the world?

• A) Union membership has been increasing in almost every other country.
• B) In almost every other nation, union membership has held constant.
• C) In most cases, union membership in other nations has also been falling.
• D) We do not know because other nations do not keep these statistics.

Understand what real interest rates reveal about the economy that nominal rates do not.

Discuss the major problems associated with using the CPI as a measure of the cost of living.

Know the steps involved and the importance of calculating the consumer price index (CPI) and the inflation rate.

Understand the concept and calculation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and its applications in measuring inflation.

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Definitions:

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