Which of the following actions by the Fed most likely increase commercial bank lending?
A. Raising the reserve ratio.
B. Increasing the federal funds rate target.
C. Reducing the interest paid on reserves held at the Fed.
D. Selling bonds to commercial banks and the public.
C. Reducing the interest paid on reserves held at the Fed.
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Use the following graph showing the domestic demand and supply curves for a specific product in a hypothetical nation called Marketopia to answer the next question.
If the world price for this product is $2.00, then Marketopia will
A. import 200 units. B. import 400 units. C. export 200 units. D. export 400 units.
When a business is owned and operated by a single individual who receives all of the profits and is responsible for all debts, it is known as a
A) partnership. B) conglomerate. C) corporation. D) proprietorship.
What is a seller's opportunity cost?
Which of the following is not considered by demographers to be part of the three-step demographic transition?
A. Simultaneous low birthrates and death rates. B. Simultaneous high birthrates and death rates. C. Low birthrates and high death rates. D. High birthrates and low death rates.