Savings banks and savings and loans are regulated by a combination of agencies which includes all of the following except:
A. The Federal Reserve System.
B. The Comptroller of the Currency.
C. state authorities.
D. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Answer: A
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When existing firms leave a perfectly competitive market, it causes:
A) an increase in the profitability of existing firms. B) a decrease in the profitability of existing firms. C) a right shift in the demand curve of the good being produced by the firms. D) a left shift in the demand curve of the good being produced by the firms.
Assuming that the demand and supply of a good have moved in opposite directions, but by the same amount, the new equilibrium would represent: a. an increase in price and an increase in quantity exchanged
b. no change in price and an increase in quantity exchanged. c. a decrease in price and a decrease in quantity exchanged. d. an indeterminate change in price, but no change in quantity exchanged.
If the firms in a monopolistically competitive market are earning short-run economic profits, then
a. each existing firm will increase output in the long run as its marginal revenue curve shifts rightward b. each firm will experience an increase in the demand for its output in the long run c. each firm's profit will drop to normal in the long run as its demand curve shifts leftward due to entry of new firms d. barriers to entry will enable them to earn economic profits in the long run e. decreased demand for a key input will reduce that input's price in the long run and lower each firm's average total cost curve
Briefly explain why economists think it is better for monopolies to be privately owned than publicly owned.
What will be an ideal response?