OG-166题疑难

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166、Last  year  the  rate  of inflation  was  1,2   percent, but  for the   current  year  it  has  been  4  percent,we  can  conclude  that   inflation   is  on  an  upward  trend  and  the  rate  will be  still  higher  next  year.

         which  of  the  following ,if   true,most  seriously  weakens  the  conclusion   above?

  A,  The  inflation  figures  were  computed  on  the  basis  of  a  representative  sample  of  economic  data  rather   than  all of   the  available data

B, Last  year   a dip  in  oil  prices   brought  inflation  temporarily  below  its  recent   stable  annual   level  of  4   percent.

C，Increases   in  the  pay  of  some  workers  are  tied  to  the level  of  inflation，and  at  an  inflation   rate  of  4  percent  or  above ，these  pay   raises  constitute  a force  causing  further  inflation，

D，The  1,2  percent  rate  of  inflation  last  year  represented  a  ten—year  low

E、Government  intervention  cannot  affect  the  rate  of  inflation  to  any  significant  degree。

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B points out that the 1-2% last year was only temp. The annual inflation has been stable. Therefore the analysis, which apparently assumed that the 1-2% truly represented the economic condition of last year, would not likely hold.

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