The process by which an increase in government borrowing results in less borrowing by businesses and consumers for private investment is called
A. expansionary fiscal policy.
B. the business cycle.
C. crowding out.
D. contractionary fiscal policy.
Answer: C
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A. appreciation B. devaluation C. depreciation D. revaluation
The above table has the demand for money schedule
a) If the Fed supplies $1.1 trillion dollars, what is the equilibrium interest rate? b) Discuss how equilibrium is restored if the interest rate is greater than the equilibrium rate found in part (a).
The argument that suggests that regulators balance the interests of firms, consumers, and legislators is called
A) the capture hypothesis. B) the creative response theory. C) the share-the-gains, share-the-pains theory. D) the theory of optimal regulation.
Suppose the required reserve ratio is 20 percent. If banks are conservative and choose not to loan all of their excess reserves, the real-world deposit multiplier is
A) less than 5. B) equal to 5. C) greater than 5. D) equal to 20.