Using the equation of exchange, if inflation is 1.5%, real output grows by 3.0%, and the growth rate of money is 5.0%, the change in the velocity of money is?:

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.Using the equation of exchange, if inflation is 1.5%, real output grows by 3.0%, and the growth rate of money is 5.0%, the change in the velocity of money is?:  highlight your answer

A.Zero; velocity is constant.

B.-0.5%.

C.+4.5%.

D.+0.5%.

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B.-0.5%.

Working notes for the above answer is as underNow we put the figures in to the formulla

V = 1.015*1.03 / 1.05

=0.99566

Now

1 – 0.99566

=- 0.005

or -0.5%

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