The Correlation Between High Rates of Inflation and Economic Growth

question 53

Multiple Choice

The correlation between high rates of inflation and economic growth is:

• A) direct; one brings about the other.
• B) inverse; high inflation usually means low economic growth.
• C) there is no correlation between these measures.
• D) is direct at low rates of economic growth and inverse at high rates.

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