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As it has been given that If an individual receive a 5% increase in wages and the inflation rate is 5%, then it means his real income or purchasing power remains same. It means with the increase in wages and simultaneously increase in the inflation rate, the real income remains same. Hence it means the individual welfare remains same.
Hence that individual is remains same.
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increasing expected inflation rate, which will increase the change
in inflation. Because of the negative relation between change in
inflation and u-ut, I think it will finally cause ut increase. Is
that correct?
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