The High Rates of Inflation That Were Experienced in the 1970s

question 48

Multiple Choice

The high rates of inflation that were experienced in the 1970s could partly be blamed on all of the following except:

• A)The assumption the economy would continue to grow at the rates that the economy experienced in the 1960s
• B)The Viet Nam war
• C)High oil prices
• D)Slow growth rates of potential GDP during the 1970s

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