Every day for the past two years you've had ham and cheese on a whole wheat bagel for lunch at Bungalow Bob's Bagel Boutique. However, the price of whole wheat bagels has risen by 10 cents so today you decide to have ham and cheese on a rye bagel. In this case, whole wheat and rye bagels are best considered:
A) superior goods.
B) normal goods.
C) substitute goods.
D) complementary goods.
Ans: C) substitute goods.
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The production possibilities frontier is a graph showing the
A) exact point of greatest efficiency for producing goods and services. B) tradeoff between free lunches. C) maximum combinations of goods and services that can be produced. D) minimum combinations of goods and services that can be produced. E) resources available for the economy's production use.
Most municipal bonds are
A) general obligation bonds. B) revenue bonds. C) callable bonds. D) single maturity bonds.
Inflation is best described as a situation in which
A) relative prices are changing. B) some prices are rising faster than others. C) relative prices are changing, but the purchasing power of the dollar is unchanged. D) the average of all prices are on a sustained rise over a period of time.
Which of the following is not a function of prices in a market system?
a. Prices have the crucial job of balancing supply and demand. b. Prices send signals to buyers and sellers to help them make rational economic decisions. c. Prices coordinate economic activity. d. Prices ensure an equal distribution of goods and services among consumers.