Which of the following is NOT one of the Fed's monetary policy tools?
A) the required reserve ratio
B) the income tax rate
C) buying and selling U.S. government securities
D) the discount rate
B) the income tax rate
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Only one of the following statements is correct. The statements compare perfectly competitive (PC) markets and monopolistically competitive (MC) markets. Which statement is correct?
A) Productive efficiency is achieved in both PC and MC markets. Allocative efficiency is achieved only in MC markets. B) Allocative efficiency is achieved only in PC markets. Productive efficiency is achieved only in MC markets. C) Productive efficiency and allocative efficiency are both achieved in PC markets. Neither is achieved in MC markets. D) Allocative efficiency is achieved in both PC and MC markets. Productive efficiency is achieved only in PC markets.
According to the modern expectational Phillips curve, unemployment will equal the natural rate of unemployment when
a. any inflation is present. b. inflation turns out to be lower than what people expected. c. inflation turns out to be higher than what people expected. d. inflation turns out to be equal to what people expected.
Clint puts $200 into an account when the interest rate is 8 percent. Later he checks his balance and finds that he has a balance of about $272.10 . How many years did Clint wait to check his balance?
a. 3 years b. 3.5 years c. 4 years d. 4.5 years
Business cycles are short-term fluctuations in the economy relative to the long- term trend in ______.
a. interest rates b. inflation c. output d. employment