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Support It is primarily by raising interest rates that central bankers curb inflation, but Support an increase in interest rates takes up to two years to affect inflation. ████████████ ███████ ███████ ███████ ███ ██ █████ ████████ █████ ██████ █████████ ███████ ██████████ ██ █████ ████ █████████ ██ ███ ███ ███████ ████████ ███████ ███ ██████ █████████ ██ ███████ █████████ ████████ ████ █████ █████████ ████ ██ █████████ ██ ██████████ ███████████ █ ███████ ████████ █████ ███████ ████████ ███████ ██ ███████████ ███████████ █████████ ███ ████ ██ ██████ ███ ████ ██ ████ ███ ██████ █████████ ███████ █████████ ███ ████████ ██████
Summarize Argument
Central bankers’ success in curbing inflation may make it harder for them to prevent future inflation without making the public angry. Why?
Inflation is restrained by raising interest rates.
These increases take two years to affect inflation.
Therefore, bankers try to increase rates before inflation gets bad. (sub-conclusion)
When inflation is not yet bad, it is not readily apparent.
If inflation is not yet bad, rate increases are seen as hurting the economy.
Identify Argument Part
This is one premise that sets up the explanation for why successful inflation control makes it harder to continue to control it without incurring public anger. Knowing that inflation is restrained by raising interest rates is essential to the argument.
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This is not the complete explanation. It is one premise within the argument that explains why in combination with other premises.
b
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This is just a premise about inflation control. It is not explained or supported by other parts of the argument.
c
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This is accurate - it is a premise that supports this main conclusion.
d
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It is not the conclusion, it is a premise. The claim receives no support.
e
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This is not the conclusion that the answer choice supports. The conclusion cited here is just another premise.