1. If more spouses decide to quit their jobs to stay home with their young children the supply of labor will ______ causing the average wage to _______.
a.) Increase : Decrease
b.) Decrease : Decrease
c.) Decrease : Increase
d.) Increase : Increase
2. All else the same, as the baby boom generation (born 1946 - 1964) begins to retire, the rate of unemployment will decline. T/F
3. The purchasing power of the $20 bill increases over time due to inflation. T/F
4. The inflation rate between the years 2000 and 2001 was 4.12%. Based on this information, a basket of goods that cost $149 in the year 2000 would now cost how much in the year 2001?
(1) (c)
As more women quit the labor force, supply of labor decreases. Labor supply curve shifts leftward, increasing wage rate.
(2) F
The more the number of people retiring, the lower the labor force. So unemployment rate (= Number unemployed / Labor force) will increase.
(3) F
Inflation decreases purchasing power of money over time.
(4) Cost in 2001 = Cost in 2000 x (1 + Inflation rate) = $149 x 1.0412 = $155.14
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