When an economy is in a liquidity trap
A) monetary policy cannot be used to influence the exchange rate.
B) monetary policy can be used to drive interest rates down, but not to drive them up.
C) there is an excess demand for bonds.
D) people and institutions avoid holding cash balances.
E) it can escape only by introducing a hard, or illiquid, currency.
A
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There is a technological advance in the production of ice cream. As a result, the supply curve of ice cream shifts ________ and ________
A) leftward; both the equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity fall B) rightward; both the equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity fall C) rightward; the equilibrium price falls while the equilibrium quantity increases D) rightward; both the equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity rise
Today, firms in a perfectly competitive market are making an economic profit. In the long run, firms will ________ the market until all firms in the market are ________
A) exit; covering only their total fixed costs B) enter; making zero economic profit C) exit; producing at the minimum point on their long-run average cost curve D) enter; making zero normal profit
If extraction technology continues to improve over time,
A) the price of crude oil can continue to fall or stay steady. B) the price of crude oil will increase despite any attempts to stem demand. C) the price of crude oil will only fall if sufficient government taxation is implemented. D) the price of crude oil will only fall if sufficient demand declines are arranged.
Suppose there is currently a tax of $50 per ticket on airline tickets. Buyers of airline tickets are required to pay the tax to the government. If the tax is reduced from $50 per ticket to $20 per ticket, then the
a. demand curve will shift upward by $30, and the price paid by buyers will decrease by less than $30. b. demand curve will shift upward by $30, and the price paid by buyers will decrease by $30. c. supply curve will shift downward by $30, and the effective price received by sellers will increase by less than $30. d. supply curve will shift downward by $30, and the effective price received by sellers will increase by $30.