INFLATION

Q1.The cause of the inflation is ?

Ans:-Increase in money supply and fall in production.

Q2.The period of high inflation ,low economic growth and high unemployment is termed as?

Ans:-Stagflation

Q3.A steady increase in the general level of prices as a result in the aggregate demand is increasing at unsustainable rate as compared to aggregate supply is termed as ?

Ans:-Demand pull inflation

Q4.Inflation brings most benefit to which?

Ans:-Debtors

Q5.What is the base year for measuring inflation at Wholesale Price Index(WPI) in India ?

Ans:-2011-2012

Q6.The effect of inflation on tax revenue results in a situation known as ?

Ans:-Fiscal Drag

Q7.Inflationary Gap means ?

Ans:-The real GDP exceeding the potential GDP , resulting in a inflationary gap.

Q8.How inflation affects the value of Money ?

Ans:-The Value of Money decreases

Q9.What is Disinflation?

Ans:-It means decrease in the rate of Inflation.

Q10.Which relationship are represented by Phillips curve ?

Ans:-Inflation and Unemployment

Q11.An inflation measure which excludes transitory or temporary price volatility as in the case of some commodities such as food items , energy products etc.It reflects the inflation trends in an economy is called?

Ans:-Core Inflation

Q12.Who release Consumer Price Index In India?

Ans:-Central statistics office

Q13.Which computes the Wholesale Price Index in India ?

Ans:-Office of Economic Adviser

Q14.RESIDEX,Which is quarterly index of residential prices,was developed and published by ?

Ans:-NHB

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