When a banker accepts a deposit of $1,000 in cash and puts $200 aside as required reserves and then makes a loan of $800 to a new borrower, this set of transactions
A. decreases the money supply by $1,000.
B. decreases the money supply by $200.
C. does not change the money supply.
D. increases the money supply by $200.
E. increases the money supply by $800.
Answer: E
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Refer to the figure below. In response to gradually falling inflation, this economy will eventually move from its short-run equilibrium to its long-run equilibrium. Graphically, this would be seen as 
A. long-run aggregate supply shifting leftward B. Short-run aggregate supply shifting upward C. Short-run aggregate supply shifting downward D. Aggregate demand shifting leftward
Comparing a discount bond and a coupon bond with the same maturity
A) the coupon bond has the greater effective maturity. B) the discount bond has the greater effective maturity. C) the effective maturity cannot be calculated for a coupon bond. D) the effective maturity cannot be calculated for a discount bond.
Sarah gets a salary increase of 20 percent. Before her raise, she purchased 5 pounds of hamburger and 1 pound of beef stew a month. After her raise, she consumes 2 pounds of hamburger and 3 pounds of beef stew a month. If everything else is held constant, we know that
A) hamburger is an inferior good and beef stew is a normal good for Sarah. B) hamburger is a normal good and beef stew is an inferior good for Sarah. C) both hamburger and beef stew are normal goods for Sarah. D) both hamburger and beef stew are inferior goods for Sarah.
When a country allows international trade and becomes an exporter of a good,
a. domestic producers of the good become better off. b. domestic consumers of the good become worse off. c. the gains of the winners exceed the losses of the losers. d. All of the above are correct.