14. Menu costs refers to a. the distortion in incentives created by inflation when taxes do not adjust for inflation. b. resources used by people to maintain lower money holdings when inflation is high. c. the cost of more frequent price changes induced by higher inflation. d. resources used to price shop during times of high inflation.|

14. Menu costs refers to a. the distortion in incentives created by inflation when taxes do not adjust for inflation. b. resources used by people to maintain lower money holdings when inflation is high. c. the cost of more frequent price changes induced by higher inflation. d. resources used to price shop during times of high inflation.|

Brief Principles of Macroeconomics (MindTap Course List)

8th Edition

ISBN:9781337091985

Author:N. Gregory Mankiw

Publisher:N. Gregory Mankiw

Chapter12: Money Growth And Intlation

Section: Chapter Questions

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1) Answer these three sub-parts a) If an economy’s price level increases from year to year, its money supplylikely also increases from year to year. (True or False) b) ) If a central bank creates new money and lets the government spend it, those who already hold money experience a decrease in the purchasing power of their money. This is called an inflation ______________________. c) Which of the following costs of inflation occurs only when inflation is not correctly anticipated by borrowers and lenders? (shoe leather costs; menu costs; increased tax burdens on income from saving; arbitrary redistributions of purchasing power)