Uncertainty About Inflation

question 54

Multiple Choice

Uncertainty about inflation

• A)shifts the attention of business managers away from exchange rate movements and toward concerns about productivity
• B)reduces the difficulty of making international business decisions
• C)creates uncertainty about the value of the dollar relative to foreign currencies
• D)enhances money's importance as a link between the present and the future
• E)makes contracts easier to negotiate

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