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IBM_Inflation

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following does NOT indicate an increase?

a)

Hike

b)

Climb

c)

Face

d)

Surge

2.

What are the two causes of inflation? Select all that apply:

a)

Demand-pull

b)

Runaway prices

c)

Bargaining power

d)

Push factors

3.

_________ is an informal way of saying __________.

a)

Bottleneck / recession

b)

Stomach / side effect

c)

Money printing / quantitative easing

d)

Cool / bring into balance

4.

If something lasts only a short time, we can say it is _______________.

a)

Elevated

b)

Compounded

c)

Misguided

d)

Transitory

5.

If you do too much of something, we say that you __________ it.

a)

Overdo

b)

Combat

c)

Drive

d)

Upswing

6.

What tool do governments use to stop prices from rising too much or too

quickly?

a)

inflationary measures

b)

interest rate hikes

c)

financial stimulus

d)

quantitative easing

7.

If everyone agrees on a decision, we say that it is a ___________ decision.

a)

Matched

b)

Generally regarded

c)

All-powerful

d)

Unanimous

8.

When workers have good bargaining power and many companies are hiring, we

can say the labor market is __________.

a)

Cool

b)

Hot

c)

Cautious

d)

Stable

9.

Sorry about this increase to everyone’s

workload, but on a positive (a)   , we’ll all be taking next Friday off.

10.

This decrease in sales numbers is raising the (a)   of increased

competition in our industry.

11.

All eyes are (a)   the election in

Germany to see if there will be a significant shift in power and economic policy.

12.

Forestry companies are worried that the planned policy (a)   might result in new taxes on lumber products.

13.

The ongoing problems between Ilene and Dave finally came to a (a)   in the staff meeting when they started yelling at each other.

14.

I don’t think we have any choice but to pass our rising costs (a)   to our

customers through higher prices.

15.

In an attempt to raise cash, we’ve sold off a good (a)   of our real estate holdings.