STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.)
(1) | What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘inflation’? |
(2) | What is inflation and what causes it? |
(3) | What is the rate of inflation in your country? |
(4) | Has your country ever experiences high, hyper or spiraling inflation? |
(5) | Why is inflation important to economists? |
(6) | What does inflation mean to you on a daily basis? |
(7) | What do governments do to control or curb inflation? |
(8) | What creates runaway inflation like that in Zimbabwe? |
(9) | How does high inflation affect the economy and the people in it? |
(10) | What can you do to protect yourself against inflation? |
STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student A.)
(1) | Do you follow the news on different rates of inflation around the world? |
(2) | How do economies survive even with rates of inflation in the thousands of percent? |
(3) | Who does inflation hit the hardest? |
(4) | What is deflation and does this harm the economy? |
(5) | Does inflation in other countries affect your country’s economy? |
(6) | Is there an important link between inflation and unemployment? |
(7) | What is the difference between inflation and real inflation? |
(8) | What are inflationary pressures? |
(9) | What are the differences between wage and cost inflation? |
(10) | What is the “market basket” used in calculating the CPI (Consumer Price Index) to get the figure for inflation? |