Which of the following is a source of data for the consumption component of the U.S. GDP?
A. The Census Bureau's Retail Trade Survey.
B. The Census Bureau's Survey of Government Finance.
C. The Conference Board's Index of Leading Indicators.
D. The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index.
A. The Census Bureau's Retail Trade Survey.
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The manager of Steel Works learns of a new technological interdependency between the first stage and the intermediate stage of production. If Steel Works currently contracts with another firm for the first stage of production, which of the following is true?
A) The manager has more of an incentive to integrate backward. B) The manager has more of an incentive to integrate forward. C) The manager has less of an incentive to integrate backward. D) The manager has less of an incentive to integrate forward.
Using the Keynesian aggregate expenditures model, which of the following is true?
a. Macro equilibrium may occur at levels of real GDP other than full-employment real GDP. b. At any macro equilibrium, the actual rate of unemployment must equal the natural rate of unemployment. c. If an economy is operating below full employment capacity, the Keynesian model indicates that lower wage rates will automatically adjust the economy back to full employment. d. All of these are correct.
Index funds
a. buy all the stocks in a given stock index. b. promise to beat the market by a certain percentage known as an index. c. provide a return that is adjusted for changes in the consumer price index. d. buy industries within a particular category of the North American Industry Classification System.
As income becomes more equally distributed, the Lorenz curve ________ and ________.
A. moves further up to the left rising above the 45 degree line; the shaded area increases B. moves further down to the right; the shaded area decreases C. moves further up to the left; the shaded area decreases D. moves further down to the right; the shaded area increases