An open-market purchase by the Federal Reserve creates an excess _____ of money. This causes interest rates to _____ and investment to _____. The change in investment causes aggregate demand to shift to the _____
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
supply, fall, rise, right
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A(n) ________ is represented by a leftward shift of the demand curve while a(n) ________ is represented by a movement along a given demand curve
A) increase in demand; decrease in quantity demanded B) decrease in demand; increase in demand C) decrease in demand; increase in quantity demanded D) decrease in quantity demanded; decrease in demand
The poverty line:
a. equals three times an economy food budget. b. All of the answers are correct. c. equals the median income level. d. separates those on welfare from those not on welfare.
Two firms, Acme and FirmCo, have access to five production processes, each of which has a different cost and gives off a different amount of pollution. The daily costs of the processes and the corresponding number of tons of smoke emitted are shown in the table below.ProcessABCDE(smoke/day)(4 tons/day)(3 tons/day)(2 tons/day)(1 tons/day)(0 tons/day)Cost to Acme ($/day)$750$800$1,000$1,400$2,000Cost to FirmCo ($/day)$500$750$1,200$2,200$4,000 Suppose the firms are both currently using process A. If the government imposes a tax of $110 per ton of smoke emitted, a total of ________ tons of smoke will be emitted each day, and the total cost to society of this policy will be ________ per day.
A. 16; $250 B. 14; $500 C. 18; $50 D. 20; $0
Suppose there is a reduction in cash flow. This suggests that
A) firms have decreased their expectations of future profits. B) the real interest rate has increased. C) the rate of depreciation has increased. D) current profits have decreased. E) all of the above