In Recent U.S. Experience, Inflation Has

question 68

Multiple Choice

In recent U.S. experience, inflation has:

• A) been persistent from year to year, whereas in the nineteenth century inflation had little persistence.
• B) been persistent from year to year, and this was also true in the nineteenth century.
• C) not been persistent from year to year, although it was persistent in the nineteenth century.
• D) not been persistent from year to year, and the same was true in the nineteenth century.

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