Deflation

question 72

Multiple Choice

Deflation

• A) automatically implies that,on average,everyone is better off because prices have fallen.
• B) would negatively affect producers but positively affect consumers because producers must accept lower prices.
• C) might easily make both producers and consumers better off because consumers might lose jobs due to falling prices and profit margins,and the falling profit margins would negatively impact producers.
• D) might make you better off if your nominal wages fall more rapidly than prices.
• E) automatically occurs when there are more goods with falling prices than there are goods with increasing prices.

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