Using Taylor's rule, when the equilibrium real federal funds rate is 2 percent, there is no output gap, the actual inflation rate is zero, and the target inflation rate is 2 percent, the nominal federal funds rate should be
A) 0 percent.
B) 1 percent.
C) 2 percent.
D) 3 percent.
B
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Refer to Table 14-1. Is there a dominant strategy for Godrickporter and if so, what is it?
A) Yes, Godrickporter should increase its advertising budget. B) Yes, Godrickporter should not change its advertising budget. C) Yes, Godrickporter's dominant strategy is to collude with Star Connections. D) No, its outcome depends on what Star Connections does.
If the national debt is owned by domestic citizens:
a. the debt will not have to be repaid. b. future interest payments transfer funds from one group of Americans to another. c. the debt will have to be repaid first to domestic creditors, then to foreign creditors. d. future interest payments will go to pay foreign debt first, then debt owed to American citizens.
Competition among decentralized governmental units will
A) make it more difficult for citizens to satisfy their preferences with regard to the goods and services supplied by governments. B) result in wasteful duplication and inefficiency in production of governmental services. C) strengthen the incentive of governments to operate efficiently and cater to the views of citizens. D) evolve naturally because local governments will want to compete with each other.
Interest rates are determined by the
A. market supply and demand for loanable funds. B. rental rate of capital. C. marginal revenue product of physical capital. D. physical depreciation of capital.