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WAEC Economics 2019 Objective — Question 36

Question 36 of 50 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Economics 2019 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

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An increase in the prices of factor inputs may result in

  • A. demand-pull inflation
  • B. stagflation
  • C. open inflation
  • D. cost-push inflationCorrect

Explanation

When the prices of inputs (factors of production) rise, producers pass on the higher cost to the price of output — this is cost-push inflation.

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