A $1,000 bond, which matures in one year, has a price of $925. The interest rate on this bond is
A) 7.5%.
B) 8.11%.
C) 9.25%.
D) 9.20%.
Ans: B) 8.11%.
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A central government collected taxes totaling $120 billion in the previous year. It's expenditure during the year was roughly the same. This is an example of a
a. balanced budget. b. surplus budget. c. deficit budget. d. zero budget.
Under the adaptive expectations hypothesis, which of the following is the most likely long-run effect of a move to a more expansionary monetary policy?
a. higher prices and no change in real output b. higher prices and expansion in real output c. no change in prices but an expansion in real output d. no change in either prices or real output
The Federal Reserve will tend to tighten monetary policy when
a. interest rates are rising too rapidly. b. it thinks the unemployment rate is too high. c. the growth rate of real GDP is quite sluggish. d. it thinks inflation is too high today, or will become too high in the future.
Suppose that Canada pegs its dollar to the U.S. dollar at a rate of $C1 = $US1 and that Canada is a major exporter of crude oil to the United States. The increase in the price of oil that occurred in the second half of 2007 is likely to:
A) cause asymmetric shocks to the U.S. and Canadian economies that will make it difficult for Canada to maintain the $C1 = $US1 exchange rate. B) cause symmetric shocks to the U.S. and Canadian economies that will make it difficult for Canada to maintain the $C1 = $US1 exchange rate. C) cause asymmetric shocks to the U.S. and Canadian economies and make it easier for Canada to maintain the $C1 = $US1 exchange rate. D) cause symmetric shocks to the U.S. and Canadian economies and make it difficult for Canada to maintain the $C1 = $US1 exchange rate.