As the price of a good falls,

A. the consumer surplus rises.
B. the consumer surplus falls.
C. the consumer surplus may rise or fall.
D. A change in price will not affect consumer surplus.


A. the consumer surplus rises.

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a. gold and silver coins. b. bills of exchange. c. bills of credit. d. government-issued fiat currency.

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A) stock prices B) nominal wages C) interest rates D) all of the above E) none of the above

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The fact that output gaps will not last indefinitely, but will be closed by rising or falling inflation is the economy's:

A. income-expenditure multiplier. B. self-correcting property. C. short-run equilibrium property. D. long-run equilibrium property.

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