Which of the following is not a lagging indicator?
A. duration of unemployment
B. stock prices
C. outstanding commercial and industrial loans
D. prime rate
Answer: B
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A. increase his consumption of product Y and decrease his consumption of product X. B. increase his consumption of product X and increase his consumption of product Y. C. decrease his consumption of product Y and decrease his consumption of product X. D. increase his consumption of product X and decrease his consumption of product Y.
The above diagram has a demand for money curve. Suppose the Fed initially sets the quantity of money equal to $0.6 trillion. Draw the supply of money curve in the figure
What is the equilibrium interest rate? Now suppose the Fed increases the quantity of money to $0.9 trillion. Draw the new supply curve. What is the new equilibrium interest rate?
An insurance agent rents a building and has a three-year lease. An increase in the rent for the building increases the agent's
A) total cost and average variable cost. B) total variable cost and average variable cost. C) total fixed cost and total variable cost. D) total fixed cost and average fixed cost. E) total variable cost and total cost.
How is the international economy qualitatively different in the first part of the twenty-first century from what it was like in the first part of the twentieth century?
What will be an ideal response?