Business andgovernment leaders also consider the inflation rate to be an important generalindicator. Inflation is a period of increased spending that causes rapid risesin
prices.________(51)yourmoney buys fewer goods so that you get________(52)for the same amount of moneyas before,inflation is the problem. There is a general
rise________(53)theprice of goods and services.Your money buys less.Sometimes people describeinflation as a time when"a dollar is not worth a dollar anymore".
Inflation is aproblem for all consumers.People who live on a fixed income are hurt the ________(54).Retiredpeople,for instance,cannot count on an increase in income as
prices rise. Elderlypeople who do not work face serious problems in stretching their incomesto________(55) their needs in time of inflation.Retirement income________
(56)any fixed incomeusually does not rise as fast as prices.Many retired people must cut theirspending to________(57)rising prices.In many cases they must stop________
(58)some necessaryitems,such as food and clothing. Even________(59)working people whose incomes aregoing up,inflation can be a problem.The________(60)of living
goes up,too.Peoplewho work must have even more money to keep up their standard of living.Justbuying the things they need costs more.When incomes do not
keep________(61)withrising prices,the standard of living goes down.People may be earning the sameamount of money,but they are not living as well because they are not
able to buy as manygoods and services.
Government unitsgather information about prices in our economy and publish it as price indexes________(62)the rate of change can be determined.A price index measures
changes in pricesusing the price for a________(63)year as the base.The base price is set at100,and the other
prices are reportedas a________(64)of the base price.A price index makes________(65)
possible to comparecurrent prices of typical consumer goods,for example,with prices of the same
goods in previousyears.
_________(63)
A.last
B.given
C.fixed
D.definite
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