In the long run, an increase in the growth rate of the money supply causes the inflation rate to ________, which then causes the nominal interest rate to ________
A) increase; increase
B) increase; decrease
C) decrease; increase
D) decrease; decrease
A
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A general medium of exchange tends to
A) reduce transaction costs. B) make bartering more effective. C) reduce the incentive to specialize and pursue one's comparative advantage. D) accomplish all of the above. E) accomplish none of the above.
Refer to the table above. If there is a sixth unit that Jenny consumes, and the marginal benefit derived from that unit is -1, the total benefit derived when the sixth unit has been consumed is:
A) $0. B) $3. C) $29. D) $39.
Refer to Figure 4-7. The figure above represents the market for iced tea. Assume that this is a competitive market. Which of the following is true?
A) If the price of iced tea is $3, producers will sell 30,000 units of iced tea but this output will be economically inefficient. B) If the price of iced tea is $3, consumers will purchase more than the economically efficient output. C) Both 10,000 and 30,000 are economically inefficient rates of output. D) If the price of iced tea is $3, the output will be economically efficient but there will be a deadweight loss.
Everything else held constant, if the expected return on U.S. Treasury bonds falls from 10 to 5 percent and the expected return on GE stock rises from 7 to 8 percent, then the expected return of holding GE stock ________ relative to U.S
Treasury bonds and the demand for GE stock ________. A) rises; rises B) rises; falls C) falls; rises D) falls; falls