Your friend currently works as an accountant at a public accounting firm in the small town of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. He is offered a job in San Francisco for $60,000. Your friend calls you and tells you that he is excited about the new job offer, which gives him a raise from his current salary of $50,000. Based on your knowledge of economics, you think that

A. your friend most likely should not be quite so excited because the extremely high cost of living in New York City means his real salary increase will be less than he imagined.

Explanation:

Here are the options to this question :

A. your friend most likely should not be quite so excited because the extremely high cost of living in New York City means his real salary increase will be less than he imagined.

B. your friend has no reason to be excited because higher pay implies more job responsibilities and more working hours.

C. your friend has every reason to be excited because he will be getting paid 120% of what he used to be paid.

D. your friend has reason to be excited because in a bigger city he will have more things to do and his higher salary will allow him to spend on those activities.

Cost of living in a big town is higher than living in a small town. Even though the nominal income of my friend has increased, the real income might not have increased due to the high cost of living in a big city.

Nominal income is the money income being earned. My friend's nominal income would increase from $50,000 to $60,000 if he takes the new job.

Real income is the purchasing power of income

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