In 1973, 1979 and 2007, the U.S. economy was hit by ________
A) the collapse of the financial sector
B) the assassination of a Federal Reserve Board member
C) three major aggregate supply shocks
D) the after-effects of the process of creative destruction
C
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In which of the following cases is the slope of a line positive and less than infinity?
A) As the variable measured on the x-axis decreases, the variable measured on the y-axis decreases. B) As the variable measured on the x-axis increases, the variable measured on the y-axis decreases. C) As the variable measured on the y-axis increases, the variable measured on the x-axis does not change. D) As the variable measured on the y-axis increases, the variable measured on the x-axis decreases.
A defendant believes there is a 70 percent chance that the plaintiff will win $800,000 and a 30 percent chance that the plaintiff will lose and be awarded nothing (zero). The plaintiff believes that there is a 90 percent chance that they will win $800,000 and a 10 percent chance that they will be awarded nothing (zero). The plaintiff's litigation cost is $300,000 and the defendant's litigation
cost is $200,000. What is the defendant's expected loss from the litigation? A) $550,000 B) $660,000 C) $420,000 D) $760,000
The structural unemployment rate is 1.3 percent, the frictional unemployment rate is 2.1 percent, and the economy's current unemployment rate is 4.9 percent. The economy is in
A) a recessionary gap producing less than Natural Real GDP. B) an inflationary gap producing more than Natural Real GDP. C) long-run equilibrium. D) an inflationary gap producing Natural Real GDP. E) a recessionary gap producing more than Natural Real GDP.
The primary value of real GDP is its ability to measure year to year changes in
What will be an ideal response?