Fundamental forecasting uses trends in economic variables to predict future rates.
a. true
b. false
a. true
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Linesha, a college student working part-time received a wage increase. An avid movie buff, she increased her purchases of Blu-ray discs and reduced her purchases of DVDs. Based on this information
A) DVDs and Blu-ray discs are substitutes. B) the cross-price elasticity between DVDs and Blu-ray discs is negative. C) DVDs and Blu-ray discs are normal goods. D) Blu-ray discs are normal goods and DVDs are inferior goods.
If an economist is trying to figure out, in a certain situation, “What would happen if?”, then that economist is working in the area of
a. normative economics. b. positive economics. c. the theory of the firm. d. welfare economics.
Procrastination, addiction, and honesty
a. may be explained by preferences that are not transitive b. violate the economist's assumption that "more is better" c. help to explain why the substitution effect is more powerful than the income effect d. are often inconsistent with narrowly defined rationality e. are inferior economic "goods".
Suppose that the Federal reserve is concerned about the effects of falling stock prices on the economy. What could it do?
a. buy bonds to raise the interest rate b. buy bonds to lower the interest rate c. sell bonds to raise the interest rate d. sell bonds to raise the interest rate