What is the difference between buying stocks and buying bonds?
A) A stock can possibly pay dividends forever, but bonds have a fixed number of payments.
B) Differences of opinion about a stock's future may vary considerably but there is less difference about a bond's future.
C) The future growth of a stock is more uncertain than the payments of a bond.
D) All of these are differences between stocks and bonds.
Answer: D
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a. elastic. b. inelastic. c. perfectly elastic. d. unitary elastic.
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a. More; more b. More; less c. Less; more d. Less; less
Which of the following statements best describes the neoclassical view about movements in unemployment?
a. The neoclassical view is not especially helpful in explaining why unemployment moves up and down over long time horizons. b. The neoclassical view is especially helpful in explaining why unemployment moves up and down over short time horizons of a few years. c. The neoclassical view is not especially helpful in explaining why unemployment moves up and down over short time horizons of a few years. d. The neoclassical view is especially helpful in explaining why unemployment moves up and down over short and long time horizons.
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A. $680 billion. B. $720 billion. C. $600 billion. D. $640 billion.