List four of the Federal Reserve's key functions
What will be an ideal response?
The Fed supplies currency to the economy. The Fed provides a system of check collecting and clearing. The Fed holds reserves from banks and regulates banks. The Fed conducts monetary policy.
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Second-degree price discrimination occurs when:
A) each consumer is charged exactly their willingness to pay. B) different groups of consumers are charged different prices. C) consumers are charged different prices at different points of time. D) consumers are charged different prices based on characteristics of their purchase.
Which of the following did not contributed to the overall decline in death rates in the United States since 1981?
A) the availability of new prescription drugs B) the decline in the population C) new surgical techniques D) a decline in smoking
You are hired as a production analyst at Monopoly-R-Us and you estimate that, at current output, demand is inelastic and marginal cost is positive. You advise your superiors that they can increase profit by
a. raising price until demand becomes unit elastic b. raising price into the elastic range c. lowering price until demand becomes unit elastic d. lowering price into the elastic range e. reduce output without changing price
Assume that the expectation of declining housing prices cause households to reduce their demand for new houses and the financing that accompanies it. If the nation has low mobility international capital markets and a flexible exchange rate system, what happens to the GDP Price Index and reserve-related (central bank) transactions in the context of the Three-Sector-Model?
a. The GDP Price Index falls, and reserve-related (central bank) transactions become more negative (or less positive). b. The GDP Price Index falls, and reserve-related (central bank) transactions remain the same. c. The GDP Price Index and reserve-related (central bank) transactions remain the same. d. The GDP Price Index rises, and reserve-related (central bank) transactions remain the same. e. There is not enough information to determine what happens to these two macroeconomic variables.