The amount the government owes to the public is the deficit.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
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The expected inflation rate is the
A) same as the actual inflation rate. B) inter-annual, non-energy inflation rate. C) inflation rate that people forecast and use to set the money wage and other money prices. D) rate that people expect the Bureau of Labor Statistics to announce each month, on which bookies take bets. E) inflation rate that the Federal Reserve system announces as the policy goal for the year.
An efficient way to get a tire manufacturer to produce the socially optimal output level is
A) to impose a tax to make the tire manufacturer bear the external cost it creates. B) for government to set a quota on the quantity of tires that it can produce. C) to grant a subsidy to enable the manufacturer to internalize the external costs of production. D) to assign property rights to the tire manufacturer.
Which of the following statements applies to a single-price monopolist?
A) In order to maximize profits, the monopolist will produce an amount of output that lies in the elastic range of its demand. B) In order to maximize profits, the monopolist will produce an amount of output that lies in the inelastic range of its demand. C) In order to maximize profits, the monopolist will produce where its demand is unit elastic. D) In order to maximize profits, the monopolist will produce an amount of output in the inelastic range of its supply.
Refer to the above table. Suppose the firm hires 5 workers and the price of the good sold is $3. The marginal factor cost of labor must be
A) $3. B) $100. C) $300. D) $900.