Quiz · Inflation and Your Wallet

Question 1What is the main purpose of this listening passage?

To compare prices in different local shops To teach workers how to ask for higher wages To explain inflation and how it affects ordinary people To describe how central banks are created

Question 2How much more does the loaf of bread cost this year in many places?

About ten percent more About twenty percent more About fifty percent more About one dollar more

Question 3How do higher interest rates help push prices down?

They make borrowing expensive, so people and businesses spend less They give savers more money to spend in shops They force companies to lower workers' wages immediately They stop central banks from controlling the economy