Interview Protocol

You have been selected to be part of this research to help us understand the impacts of inflation on businesses. Your participation will significantly help us find the business owners' and customers' input into how inflation affects businesses in different aspects. Your answers will be instrumental in informing our conclusions and research findings, and we hope to use your answers to help people understand and learn more about business operations and policy impacts.

As an interviewer, I have ensured your information is safe and secure. When signing the consent form, you realized that we outlined all the measures we are taking to ensure your information is kept secure and nothing comes back to hurt you or your business.

I have made great efforts to ensure I don't reveal your name or business name in my research. I will identify your answers using a respondent code.

Interview Questions

How long have you owned your business?

What is your understanding of the concept of inflation?

Do you follow up on different inflation rates from the media and other sources?

How has inflation affected your business overall?

In what ways do you think inflation affects product prices?

Are sales quantities impacted by different inflation rates?

What other aspects of business does inflation affect?

Can business owners do anything to reduce the impacts?