The type of economic indicator that can best be used for business forecasting is the:
a. leading indicator
b. coincident indicator
c. lagging indicator
d. current business inventory indicator
e. optimism/pessimism indicator
a
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One assumption of the perfectly competitive model is free entry and exit. This assumption most directly leads to the implication that:
A. firms will compete on the basis of better service rather than lower prices. B. positive economic profit is only possible in the short run. C. firms will have to spend money on advertising. D. a long-run equilibrium cannot be achieved.
Refer to the figure below. In response to gradually falling inflation, this economy will eventually move from its short-run equilibrium to its long-run equilibrium. Graphically, this would be seen as
A. long-run aggregate supply shifting leftward B. Short-run aggregate supply shifting downward C. Aggregate demand shifting rightward D. Aggregate demand shifting leftward
Refer to Figure 3-4. If the current market price is $25, the market will achieve equilibrium by
A) a price increase, increasing the quantity supplied and decreasing the quantity demanded. B) a price decrease, decreasing the supply and increasing the demand. C) a price increase, increasing the supply and decreasing the demand. D) a price decrease, decreasing the quantity supplied and increasing the quantity demanded.
What is the shape of the labor supply curve implied by the following statements?
a. "I'm sorry, kids, but now that I'm earning more, I just can't afford to come home early in the afternoon, so I won't be here when you get home from school." b. "They can pay me a lot or they can pay me a little. I'll still put in my 8 hours a day." c. "Now that I have received a salary increase, I am going to work 36 hours instead of 40 hours a week"