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Over the past decade, governments implemented policies to aid tenants by intervening in rental markets. However, rents still rose about 5% annually in the rich world despite falling overall inflation. Long-term leases partly explain these increases due to inflation's delayed impact. Yet most policies addressed symptoms rather than underlying causes of rental pressures.
Which of the following can be properly inferred from the information presented?
A) Government interventions are primarily responsible for persistent rent increases.
B) The delayed effect of inflation significantly contributed to recent rent hikes.
C) Policies targeting symptoms of affordability issues may have hindered tenant benefits despite their intent.
D) Shorter lease durations could substantially reduce the impact of inflation on rental prices.
E) The root cause of rising rents lies in the structural constraints of long-term leases.
A) The stimulus states inflation partly explains rent increases, so government interventions cannot be considered the primary cause.
B) While inflation is noted as a partial factor, the stimulus does not support that it 'significantly' contributed—this overstates the evidence.
C) Correct: Rents rose despite policies aimed at helping tenants, and since these policies addressed symptoms rather than causes, it is reasonable to infer they may have hindered rather than delivered benefits.
D) No evidence suggests lease duration changes would impact rental prices; this introduces an unsupported solution.
E) Leases are a transmission mechanism for inflation, but the stimulus does not identify them as the root cause of rising rents.
C is properly inferred by combining the outcome (rent increases despite intervention goals) and the method (symptom-focused approach). Other options either over attribute causes, assume unverified magnitudes, or propose unsupported solutions.
Which of the following can be properly inferred from the information presented?
A) Government interventions are primarily responsible for persistent rent increases.
B) The delayed effect of inflation significantly contributed to recent rent hikes.
C) Policies targeting symptoms of affordability issues may have hindered tenant benefits despite their intent.
D) Shorter lease durations could substantially reduce the impact of inflation on rental prices.
E) The root cause of rising rents lies in the structural constraints of long-term leases.
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Focus on the contrast between the stated goal of the policies and what actually happened to rents. Then consider what the stimulus says about how the policies were designed.
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A) The stimulus states inflation partly explains rent increases, so government interventions cannot be considered the primary cause.
B) While inflation is noted as a partial factor, the stimulus does not support that it 'significantly' contributed—this overstates the evidence.
C) Correct: Rents rose despite policies aimed at helping tenants, and since these policies addressed symptoms rather than causes, it is reasonable to infer they may have hindered rather than delivered benefits.
D) No evidence suggests lease duration changes would impact rental prices; this introduces an unsupported solution.
E) Leases are a transmission mechanism for inflation, but the stimulus does not identify them as the root cause of rising rents.
C is properly inferred by combining the outcome (rent increases despite intervention goals) and the method (symptom-focused approach). Other options either over attribute causes, assume unverified magnitudes, or propose unsupported solutions.
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