Workers at a Local Mining Company Are Paid $25

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Essay

Workers at a local mining company are paid $25.60 per hour,and they have incorporated a 3 percent annual raise in their contracts to account for expected inflation.Explain how unexpected inflation of 5 percent will affect the real wage and the unemployment rate.

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Definitions:

Price Appreciation

The increase in the value of an asset or investment over time, not accounting for dividends or interest earned.

Ceteris Paribus

A Latin phrase meaning "all other things being equal," used in economics to isolate the effect of one variable by holding others constant.

Yield

The income return on an investment, such as the interest or dividends received, expressed as a percentage of the investment's cost.

Bond

A fixed-income instrument that represents a loan made by an investor to a borrower, typically corporate or governmental, which pays periodic interest and the return of the principal at maturity.