During the financial crisis of 2007-2009 the interest rate spread on mortgage-backed securities over Treasury bills
a. increased tremendously.
b. increased moderately.
c. decreased moderately.
d. decreased tremendously.
a
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Supply-side tax cuts also tend to reduce aggregate demand and promote recession
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Using Figure 1 above, if the aggregate demand curve shifts from AD1 to AD2 the result in the long run would be:
A. P1 and Y2. B. P2 and Y2. C. P3 and Y1. D. P2 and Y3.
When a country's exports of goods are ________ its imports of goods in a given period, it has a trade surplus.
A. greater than B. unrelated to C. equal to D. less than
The United States Mint is the only legal entity to produce circulating coinage for the United States. What are the barriers to entry, if any, that protect this firm from competition?
A) The United States Mint is a natural monopoly. B) The United States Mint has a government license to produce coinage. C) The United States Mint is a public franchise to produce coinage. D) The United States Mint has a patent or copyright to produce coinage.