Hyperinflations Ultimately Are the Result of Excessive Growth Rates of the Money

question 18

Multiple Choice

Hyperinflations ultimately are the result of excessive growth rates of the money supply; the underlying motive for the excessive money growth rates is frequently a government's:

• A) desire to increase prices throughout the economy.
• B) need to generate revenue to pay for spending.
• C) responsibility to increase nominal interest rates by increasing expected inflation.
• D) inability to conduct open-market operations.

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