One Example of Cost-Push Inflation Is an Increase in

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Multiple Choice

One example of cost-push inflation is an increase in

• A) the money prices of raw materials followed by no government policy.
• B) the money prices of raw materials followed by increases in the quantity of money.
• C) the money prices of raw materials followed by decreases in the quantity of money.
• D) government expenditure followed by increases in the quantity of money.

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Definitions:

Isotope

Variants of an element that contain the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons in their nuclei.

Neutrons

Subatomic particles, found in the nucleus of an atom, that have no electrical charge and a mass slightly larger than that of protons.

Element

A substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means and is made up of atoms all with the same number of protons.

Isotope

Variants of a particular chemical element which differ in neutron number, and consequently in mass, but not in electrical charge.