Liabilities of commercial banks show up on the Fed's balance sheet as part of its:
A. loans.
B. foreign exchange reserves.
C. liabilities.
D. securities.
Answer: A
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A) credit cards. B) debit cards. C) online purchases. D) electronic transfer.
In debating whether drug companies have high rates of return or moderate rates of return, economists favoring the drug industry's point of view are that those opposing it overlook one key factor that, if you ignore, leads to an overstated rate of return. It is the
A. opportunity cost of the money invested in the invention and testing of the drug. B. costs of invention. C. marketing costs. D. costs of testing.
When the unemployment rate is less than the natural unemployment rate, real GDP is ________ than potential GDP and the output gap is ________.
A) smaller; negative B) smaller; positive C) greater; positive D) greater; equal to zero E) greater; negative
The government builds a new water-treatment plant. The owner of the company that builds the plant pays her workers. The workers increase their spending. Firms from which the workers buy goods increase their output. This type of effect on spending illustrates
a. the multiplier effect. b. the crowding-out effect. c. the Fisher effect. d. the wealth effect.