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1.
What does inflation measure?
The rate of increase in the general price level of goods and services. With regard to prices, inflation refers to their growth.
2.
Hedging is the practice of reducing risk by investing in risk-free assets.
False. Hedging is the practice of investing in assets that reduce the risk associated with other assets in your portfolio by responding to a particular stimulus in an opposite manner.
3.
What is the approximate real rate of return on a one-year bond that has a nominal rate of 6 percent while inflation was 2 percent during that year?
3.92 percent.
4.
Evidence has shown that inflation and stocks have which relationship?
Real returns on stocks tend to decrease when inflation increases. Remember that real returns are adjusted for inflation.
5.
One measure of inflation in the United States is the Consumer Price Index.
True. The Consumer Price Index measures inflation.