Assume that the expectation of declining housing prices cause households to reduce their demand for new houses and the financing that accompanies it. If the nation has low mobility international capital markets and a flexible exchange rate system, what happens to real GDP and the nominal value of the domestic currency in the context of the Three-Sector-Model?
a. Real GDP falls, and nominal value of the domestic currency rises.
b. Real GDP falls, and nominal value of the domestic currency remains the same.
c. Real GDP rises, and nominal value of the domestic currency rises.
d. Real GDP falls, and nominal value of the domestic currency falls.
e. There is not enough information to determine what happens to these two macroeconomic variables.
.A
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The United Auto Workers union is largely responsible for the historically high pay of American auto workers by negotiating pay raises above those obtained by workers in other industries. In addition to increasing the pay of auto workers, what other long-run effect would this high pay have on the use of auto workers?
Exhibit 15-1 Balance sheet of First Iliad State Bank Assets Liabilities Required reserves$ 1,000,000 Demand deposits$10,000,000 Excess reserves0 Loans$ In Exhibit 15-1, if the required reserve ratio is raised to 15 percent, First Iliad State will have to convert loans worth:
A. $9,000,000 to required reserves. B. $1,500,000 to required reserves. C. $500,000 to required reserves. D. $1,000,000 to required reserves.
Buffalo in the United States almost became extinct while cattle, an animal that provides similar products, never has been close to extinction. The difference is due to
A) the greater marginal value of a head of cattle relative to buffalo, leading to over-hunting of buffalo. B) the greater marginal value of a buffalo relative to a steer, leading to the overharvesting of buffalo. C) cattle existing in Europe also while buffalo were specific to North America. D) the use of private property rights on cattle and common property rights on buffalo.
Explain the aspects of expansionary and contraction fiscal policy. During which phases of the business cycle would each be appropriate?
What will be an ideal response?