The largest component of the money supply (M1) is:

A. currency in bank vaults.
B. currency in circulation.
C. checkable deposits.
D. stock certificates.


C. checkable deposits.

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A) their inventories. B) payments to their workers. C) spending on new plant and equipment. D) dividend payments to their stockholders.

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The above figure shows a payoff matrix for two firms, A and B, that must choose between a high-price strategy and a low-price strategy. Both firms setting a high price is NOT a Nash equilibrium because

A) setting a high price is the dominant strategy for each firm. B) neither firm can improve its payoff by setting a low price given that the other firm is setting a high price. C) there is no dominant strategy for either firm. D) both firms can improve their payoff by setting a low price given that the other firm is setting a high price.

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The _________ is the yearly number of births per 1,000 women of childbearing age

a. Fertility rate b. Marriage rate affecting birth rates c. Baby rate d. Mortality rate

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Assume that there are no excess reserves in the banking system when the reserve requirement is 20%. The purchase of $10,000 in U.S. government securities by the Fed from Academy National Bank has the potential to ultimately increase the money supply by: a. $2,000

b. $8,000. c. $10,000. d. $20,000. e. $50,000.

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