A newspaper article once reported that the U.S. economy was experiencing a low rate of inflation. It

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A newspaper article once reported that the U.S. economy was experiencing a low rate of inflation. It said that “low inflation has a downside: 45 million recipients of Social Security and other benefits will see their checks go up by just 2.8 percent next year.”
a. Why does inflation affect the increase in Social Security and other benefits?
b. Is this effect a cost of inflation, as the article suggests? Why or why not?
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Macroeconomics

ISBN: 978-1464168505

5th Canadian Edition

Authors: N. Gregory Mankiw, William M. Scarth

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