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Each week Jim buys the same market basket composed of a case of ramen noodles, two bottles of coke, and three bags of tortilla chips. Jim has found that it takes more of his wages to buy this market basket than before. We can say ________.A) Jim's nominal wage has gone downB) Jim's real wage has gone downC) Jim's after-tax wage has gone downD) Jim must be buying higher quality products
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