Harun earned $50,000 in salary and paid $10,000 in federal taxes. If he receives $2,000 in interest payments from municipal bonds,
A. his marginal tax rate will be about 19.2 percent.
B. his average tax rate will fall.
C. his marginal tax rate will remain constant.
D. his marginal tax rate will be 20 percent.
Answer: B
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Because of the large current account deficits accumulated by the United States since 1981, the United States has become a
A) nation with no official reserves. B) balanced nation. C) broke nation. D) creditor nation. E) debtor nation. The table above gives data on the U.S. balance of payments in 2019.
A budget line can show all butoneof the following statements below. Which one does itnotshow?
A. The budget line shows the available choices to a household. B. It is a curve of constant expenditure. C. The slope of the budget line increases as the quantity of a good consumed increases. D. The budget line shows how much it costs to purchase a combination of two goods, for a set income and prices.
Suppose we have an economy in which G = 1100, t = 0.26, Y = 3800, and YN = 4000. The natural employment deficit is
A) 60. B) 200. C) 840. D) 286. E) -112.
Which of the following would explain wage rigidities?
a. Inflexible long-term contracts b. Inflation c. The liquidity of financial assets d. The reluctance of firms to lay off workers e. High worker productivity