Question

Nation Furniture is a furniture manufacturing facility. Its workers just signed a two-year contract. The price level in the economy has increased.
a. If the price level increases, input prices will:_____.
a) increase.
b) decrease.
c) remain constant.
b. If the price level increases, output prices will:___.
a) increase.
b) decrease.
c) remain constant.
c. In the short run, the firm will experience a(n):______.
a) increase in economic profits.
b) decrease in economic profits.
c) increase in economic loesses.

Answer 1

Answer:

• a. c) remain constant.
• b. a) increase.
• c. a) increase in economic profits

Explanation:

a. The workers have just signed a two-year contract which means that in the short run, their wages are fixed to what was agreed to in the contract. Input prices will therefore remain constant.

b. Output prices on the other hand will increase to match the increase in price levels.

c. The company would therefore see an increase in economic profits because they are getting a higher revenue from the increased prices of outputs than they are incurring costs from the constant input prices.