Suppose the population is 220 million people, the labor force is 150 million people, the number of people employed is 130 million and the working-age population is 175 million people. What is the labor force participation rate?
A) 0.68 percent
B) 68 percent
C) 85.7 percent
D) 86.7 percent
C
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The figure above shows that as a result of the tariff, the price of a T-shirt in the United States ________, and the quantity of T-shirts bought ________
A) rises by $2; decreases by 15 million per year B) rises by $2; increases by 15 million per year C) falls by $2; increases by 5 million per year D) does not change; decreases by 5 million per year E) does not change; does not change
Demand curves for the services of productive resources
A) have no meaning, because people must have income in order to live. B) obey the law of demand. C) tend to be perfectly elastic in the long run because any resource can ultimately function as a substitute for any other. D) tend to be perfectly inelastic in the short run as long as production processes are determined by technology.
Refer to Table 15-5. Suppose the table above illustrates the values of real and potential GDP and the price level if the Fed does not vote to change their current policy to be more contractionary or expansionary
Suppose that the Fed uses an appropriate policy and is successful in keeping real GDP at potential in 2017. State whether each of the following will be higher or lower than if the Fed had taken no action: a. Real GDP b. Potential real GDP c. The price level d. The unemployment rate
Which of the following would cause the U.S. money supply to expand?
a. a commercial bank using excess reserves to extend a loan to a customer b. a commercial bank purchasing U.S. securities from the Fed as an investment c. an increase in reserve requirements d. an increase in the discount rate