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WorksheetsIBM_Inflation
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which of the following does NOT indicate an increase?
Hike
Climb
Face
Surge
What are the two causes of inflation? Select all that apply:
Demand-pull
Runaway prices
Bargaining power
Push factors
_________ is an informal way of saying __________.
Bottleneck / recession
Stomach / side effect
Money printing / quantitative easing
Cool / bring into balance
If something lasts only a short time, we can say it is _______________.
Elevated
Compounded
Misguided
Transitory
If you do too much of something, we say that you __________ it.
Overdo
Combat
Drive
Upswing
What tool do governments use to stop prices from rising too much or too
quickly?
inflationary measures
interest rate hikes
financial stimulus
quantitative easing
If everyone agrees on a decision, we say that it is a ___________ decision.
Matched
Generally regarded
All-powerful
Unanimous
When workers have good bargaining power and many companies are hiring, we
can say the labor market is __________.
Cool
Hot
Cautious
Stable
Sorry about this increase to everyone’s
workload, but on a positive (a) , we’ll all be taking next Friday off.
This decrease in sales numbers is raising the (a) of increased
competition in our industry.
All eyes are (a) the election in
Germany to see if there will be a significant shift in power and economic policy.
Forestry companies are worried that the planned policy (a) might result in new taxes on lumber products.
The ongoing problems between Ilene and Dave finally came to a (a) in the staff meeting when they started yelling at each other.
I don’t think we have any choice but to pass our rising costs (a) to our
customers through higher prices.
In an attempt to raise cash, we’ve sold off a good (a) of our real estate holdings.
