NewsTracker Answers for week of Oct. 24, 2022

Q: Workers around France walked out last week to demand better pay as many Europeans are struggling with record inflation and an energy crisis. Where is France?

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Q: France’s cost of living last month was 6.2% higher than it was in September last year. That was much lower than the 10.9% annual inflation in France’s eastern neighbor and Europe’s largest economy ...

A. Britain

B. Germany

C. Poland

D. Spain

B. Some German workers also have walked out to demand raises to cope with inflation. In France’s northern neighbor, the British prime minister resigned last week after the failure of her plan to cut taxes after the nation’s inflation rate hit 10% in September.

Q: Soaring food and energy prices led to protests across Europe and eroded some support for Ukrainians fighting invading Russian troops. But, the European Union (EU) nation with the highest inflation rate – and a border with Russia – still strongly backs Ukraine. Which nation is that?

A. Czech Republic

B. Estonia

C. Hungary

D. Romania

B. Many in the Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania worry that they could be the next military targets of Russia. Like Ukraine, they were once part of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union. Estonia had a September inflation rate 24.1% followed by Lithuania at 22.5% and Latvia at 22%.

Q: Hungary had the EU’s fourth-highest inflation rate at 20.7% in September. Some politicians in the nation’s capital have blamed U.S.-backed sanctions against Russia for rising prices. What is the capital of Hungary?

A. Belgrade

B. Brussels

C. Bucharest

D. Budapest

D. On the 66th anniversary of a revolt crushed by Soviet troops who destroyed much of Budapest, Hungary’s Prime Minister Victor Orban Sunday accused EU officials of oppression. Orban has attacked EU sanctions against Russia, even though his government voted for them. But, he has refused to allow arms to cross Hungary to its eastern neighbor Ukraine

Q: The average inflation rate affecting about 447 million people in the 27 countries of the European Union was 10.9% in September. How does that compare with the inflation rate in the United States?

A. Higher

B. Lower

A. The annual inflation rate affecting about 331 million people in the United States was 8.2% in September. The cost or living is expected to have a big impact on U.S. elections next month, just as it has upset politics across the globe.