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12.3   The Cost of Inflation

1) High inflation

A) leads to a more correct allocation of resources.

B) lowers the price level.

C) decreases uncertainty.

D) makes it easier to use money as a standard of account.

E) makes money function less well as a store of value.

2) High inflation makes money ________ because ________.

A) function less well as a store of value; it decreases the price level and increases the buying power of money

B) function better as a store of value; it leads to a more accurate allocation of resources

C) function better as a unit of account; money never loses value but it does gain purchasing power in some regions

D) function better as a store of value; the money gains value and therefore has greater purchasing power

E) function less well as a store of value; the money loses value and therefore has less purchasing power

3) During an inflationary period, a household with savings of $100,000

A) gains because inflation increases the value of their savings.

B) loses because the inflation increases the after-tax real interest rate.

C) gains because the inflation gives savers more money and so more purchasing power.

D) loses because inflation increases the real tax on the interest paid.

E) neither gains nor loses because inflation does not affect savers.

4) One effect of inflation is that it is a tax that redistributes goods and services from

A) government to households.

B) investors to savers.

C) government to businesses.

D) households and businesses to the government.

E) businesses to households.

5) Inflation is known as a ________ because it ________.

A) revenue; is the only source of business income for the government

B) bad thing; allows people to obtain the wrong kind of wealth

C) good thing; keeps the value of goods and services increasing

D) tax; redistributes goods and services from households and businesses to the government

E) tax; redistributes goods and services from the government to households and businesses

6) Inflation ________ the cost of holding money and ________ the after-tax real interest rate.

A) increases; increases

B) increases; decreases

C) decreases; increases

D) decreases; decreases

E) increases; does not change

7) Assume an economy begins with zero inflation, a 25 percent income tax rate, and a real interest rate of 4 percent. If inflation rises to 4 percent, the nominal interest rate becomes ________ percent and the after-tax real interest becomes ________ percent.

A) 0; 1

B) 8; 2

C) 8; 4

D) 6; 2

E) 8; 6

8) The “shoe-leather costs” of inflation are the costs from

A) higher prices for all goods, including necessities such as shoes.

B) the government taking a higher percentage of interest income.

C) confusion as people lose track of real costs and benefits.

D) time spent trying to spend money quickly.

E) higher taxes due to higher inflation.

9) The ________ cost of inflation is the result of a(n) ________ in velocity and is so-named because of ________.

A) tax; decrease; the government collecting more tax revenue on all goods and services including basic items like shoes

B) shoe leather; increase; the higher prices for all goods and services including basic items like shoes

C) confusion; increase; the shoe leather that is wasted by people running around trying to spend money quickly

D) shoe leather; increase; the shoe leather that is wasted by people running around trying to spend money quickly

E) shoe leather; decrease; the shoe leather that is wasted in people running around trying to spend money quickly

10) Shoe-leather costs of inflation arise from the

A) increasing costs of apparel (clothes and shoes) as inflation rises.

B) increase of velocity as inflation rises.

C) decline in the use of money as a unit of account.

D) increasing costs of agricultural products as inflation rises.

E) confusion that results from higher inflation.

 

 

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