One problem for economic stability is that in a period of inflation
a. banks will be tempted to increase lending in order to increase profits.
b. banks will be tempted to decrease lending in order to increase profits.
c. profit-oriented banks will tend to hold excess reserves and decrease the money supply.
d. deposits will decrease and banks will have to reduce lending.
a
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The upward slope of the short-run aggregate supply curve is based on the assumption that ________.
A. prices of inputs are flexible while prices of outputs are fixed B. wages and other resource prices do respond to price level changes C. prices of output do not respond to price level changes D. wages and other resource prices do not respond to price level changes
When the market for gasoline in Motorland is in equilibrium, the market price of gasoline is ________ the marginal social cost
A) $1.50 above B) $1.50 below C) equal to D) $1.20 above
A reason why there is more competition among restaurants than among large discount department stores is that restaurants
A) have more elastic demand for their product compared to department stores. B) unlike department stores, do not have significant economies of scale. C) unlike department stores, have to abide by government sanitation rules. D) have to cater to a variety of consumer tastes while department stores do not.
If the probability of losing your job remains ________, a recession would be a good time to purchase a home because the Fed usually ________ interest rates during this time
A) low; lowers B) low; does not change C) high; lowers D) low; raises E) high; raises