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Consider the following with respect to the term 'Core Inflation': A) Core Inflation is the inflation rate of a particular basket of commodities. B) Core Inflation is the sudden increase in prices of certain items of food grains.C) Core inflation is caused by supply shock in certain essential commodities.
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct answer:
Assertion (A) The nominal interest rate comprises of a real interest rate and an expected rate of inflation and it adjusts when the inflation rate is expected to change. Hence, in the perfect international capital markets, real rate of returns are equal in the two countries.
Reason (R) The international fisher effects states that the nominal interest rate differential must be equal to the expected inflation rate differential In the two countries.
Read the following.
Unions demand high wages to counter inflationary pressures on the economic conditions of the working class. Higher wages enhance the purchasing power of the workers, there by raising inflation.
Which of the following inferences are wrong?
1. Unions have the sole purpose of improving the economic conditions of workers.
2. Enhanced wages increase the purchasing power of workers.
3. Inflation and purchasing power are negatively correlated.
4. Inflation drives unions to go for demanding higher wages.
With reference to inflation, which of the following statement is/are correct?
1. Expansion of credit increase inflation
2. Inflation leads favourable trade surplus
Select the correct answer
Which of the following statements are true/false?
1. A minimum rate of wages for the time spent by employees for the production of output is minimum time rate.
2. Minimum piece rate is the rate based on the quantity of the output employees have produced.
3. The guaranteed time rate is a minimum rate of remuneration to apply in the case of employees employed on piece work for the purpose of securing to such employees a minimum rate of wages on a time work basis.
4. A minimum rate of remuneration to apply in the case of employees employed on piece work for the purpose of securing to such employees a minimum rate of wages on a time work basis is overtime rate.
Consider the following statements regarding the measurement of rate of inflation.
Statement I The rate of inflation is measured on the basis of price indices which are of two kinds-Wholesale Price Index (WPI) and Consumer Price Index (CPl).
Statement II A price index is a measure of the average level of prices.
Statement III Price index shows the exact price rise or fall of a single good.
An inflation rate including in quoted interest rate on security, is inflation rate
The birth rate in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan was calculated. The birth rate in Nepal is the lowest, while the birth rate in Pakistan ishigher than that in Sri Lanka, and lower than that in India. The birth rate in Bangladesh is higher than that in Nepal, and lower than that in Sri Lanka. Which country hasthe highest birth rate?
An inflation rate includes in bond's interest rates is one which is inflation rate
The rate of increase of the price of sugar is observed to be two percent more than the inflation rate expressed in percentage. The price of sugar, on January 1, 1994 is Rs. 20 per kg. The inflation rates of the years 1994 and 1995 are expected to be 8% each. The expected price of sugar on January 1, 1996 would be