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the picture of the currency in the chapter introduction is from what country
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zimbabwe
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the face amount was
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one hundred billion
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inflation refers to
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the pressure for prices to rise in most markets in an economy
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the US dollar in 2014 had the same purchasing power as
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18 cents in 1972
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to calculate the price level, economists do all of the following except
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calculate the simple average of the prices of the items in the basket
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the most commonly cited measure of inflation in the US is
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Consumer price index (CPI)`
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In the past century, all of the following countries have experienced HYPERINFLATION except
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China
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which statement is accurate
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inflation is a time when the purchasing power of money for goods and services decreases
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the challenge faced by the bureau of labor statistics is factoring the accuracy of the inflation index deals with
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the substitution bias, the creation of new products and the improved version of older products
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The "substitution bias"
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tends to overstate the rise in a consumers true cost of living