The opportunity cost of holding money increases when
A) the purchasing power of money rises.
B) the nominal interest rate rises.
C) the price level falls.
D) consumers' real incomes increase.
B
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The self-correcting property of the economy means that output gaps are eventually eliminated by:
A. increasing or decreasing potential output. B. government policy. C. decreasing inflation only. D. increasing or decreasing inflation.
The cost to a physician of tending a patient is
A) dependent on the number of years over which the physician practices. B) higher for a recent medical-school graduate than for a physician with a well-established practice. C) the value of the time when spent in its next best use. D) zero under a system of complete and comprehensive medical insurance.
In the long-run average cost function, only the amount of capital is allowed to vary
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Suppose that price is below the minimum average total cost (ATC) but above the minimum average variable cost (AVC), and the market price is expected to rise at least to ATC in the near future. In the short run, a firm that is a price taker would:
a. immediately shut down and get out of the industry. b. continue to produce a quantity such that marginal revenue equals marginal cost. c. shut down temporarily, in hopes of restarting in the near future. d. cut price and expand output in hopes of achieving economies of scale