An example of a transaction that will be a surplus item on the U.S. balance of payments is
A) the purchase of General Motors stock by a German resident.
B) the purchase of a Mercedes-Benz by an American.
C) a Nissan plant in Tennessee buying parts from the main plant in Japan.
D) a gift of wheat from the United States government to Egypt.
Answer: A
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Which of the following is correct about marginal and average products?
A) When the marginal product is increasing, the average product must be increasing. B) When the marginal product exceeds the average product, the average product must be increasing. C) When the average product is increasing, the marginal product must be decreasing. D) When the marginal product is decreasing, the average product must be decreasing. E) When the marginal product is increasing, the average product must be decreasing.
Which of the following correctly describes what the Fed used as monetary targets in the past?
A) The Fed used M1 and M2 as targets after 1993. B) After 1980 and before the 1990s, the Fed focused on interest rate targets. C) The Fed focused on M1 as a target after deregulation of the financial markets. D) The Fed increased its reliance on interest rate targets since the mid-1990s.
If the average productivity of American firms is rising more quickly than the average productivity of Indian firms, which of the following would you expect to see? (India's currency is the rupee.)
A) an increase in the value of the rupee relative to the dollar B) a decrease in the quantity demanded of Indian products relative to American products C) a decrease in the prices of Indian products D) an increase in the quantity demanded of Indian products relative to American products
Using Figure 1 above, if the aggregate demand curve shifts from AD2 to AD1 the result in the long run would be:
A. P4 and Y1. B. P4 and Y2. C. P5 and Y1. D. P5 and Y2.