A U.S. firm produces sweatshirts in the first quarter of 2010 and adds them to its inventory. In the second quarter of 2010 the firm sells the sweatshirts to consumers. In which quarter(s) does(do) these transactions raise consumption?
a. the first and the second
b. the first but not the second
c. the second but not the first
d. neither the first nor the second
c
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A. lower; potential B. higher; potential C. higher; higher D. lower; higher
Since revenue increases with increases in price when demand is relatively inelastic, monopolists produce on the inelastic part of demand.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Real-wage rigidity in the Keynesian efficiency wage diagram of the labor market is depicted by
A) a vertical labor supply curve at the efficient level of employment, B) a vertical labor demand curve at the efficient level of employment. C) a horizontal line at the efficiency wage. D) a steep, positively sloped labor supply curve depicting various efficiency wages at various employment levels.
If Country A's has an overall balance surplus, then the:
a. Central bank must not be intervening in the foreign exchange market. b. Government has to be running a budget deficit. c. Effect is to cause the monetary base to rise. d. Effect is to cause the monetary base to fall. e. Financial account must be in deficit.