Indicate whether the following events might cause stocks in general to change price, and whether they might cause big widget corp.'s stock to change price:
a. the government announces that inflation unexpectedly jumped by 2 percent last month.
b. big widget's quarterly earnings report, just issued, generally fell in line with analysts' expectations.
c. the government reports that economic growth last year was at 3 percent, which generally agreed with most economists' forecasts.
d. the directors of big widget die in a plane crash.
e. congress approves changes to the tax code that will increase the top marginal corporate tax rate. the legislation had been debated for the previous six months.