Which of the following would be classified as private investment spending?

a. A family's purchase of a new home
b. An automobile producer's purchase of steel for use in building new cars
c. A paper company's purchase of timber
d. A household's purchase of AT&T stock
e. The government's purchase of a new office building


A

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What does it mean if an industry has external diseconomies?

What will be an ideal response?

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If a central bank is independent,

a. it has the ability to alter taxes. b. it allocates savings to firms. c. it restricts trade to increase domestic employment. d. it operations are not controlled by the political process.

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