To Explain the Long-Run Determinants of the Price Level and the Inflation

question 109

Multiple Choice

To explain the long-run determinants of the price level and the inflation rate, most economists today rely on the

• A)quantity theory of money.
• B)price-index theory of money.
• C)theory of hyperinflation.
• D)disequilibrium theory of money and inflation.

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