11. Suppose that people expect inflation to equal 3 percent, but in fact prices rise by 5...
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11. Suppose that people expect inflation to equal 3 percent, but in fact prices rise by 5 percent. Describe how this unexpectedly high inflation rate would help or hurt the following:
a. the government
b. a homeowner with a fixed-rate mortgage
c. a union worker in the second year of a labour contract
d. a college or university that has invested some of its endowment in government bonds
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Principles Of Macroeconomics
ISBN: 9780176591977
7th Canadian Edition
Authors: N. Mankiw, Ronald Kneebone, Kenneth McKenzie
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