Refer to Mexico and Japan. What is the cost of producing 1 bushel of food in Mexico?
a. 3 hours of labor.
b. 1/2 bolt of cloth.
c. 1/3 bushel of imported Japanese food.
d. 1/4 bolt of imported Japanese cloth.
b. 1/2 bolt of cloth.
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Water bottlers announce that next month the price of bottled water will rise by 25 percent. Which of the following occurs immediately?
A) The demand for bottled water decreases. B) The demand for bottled water increases. C) The quantity of bottled water demanded increases. D) The quantity of bottled water demanded decreases. E) None of the above answers is correct because it is the supply that immediately changes, not the demand.
A capital ________ can promote financial instability in an emerging-market country because it is what forces a country to ________ its currency
A) inflow; devalue B) inflow; revalue C) outflow; devalue D) outflow; revalue
The imposition of a binding price ceiling on a market causes quantity demanded to be a. greater than quantity supplied. b. less than quantity supplied
c. equal to quantity supplied. d. Both (a) and (b) are possible.
Exhibit 4-10 Supply and demand data for apricots Bushels demandedper month Price perbushel Bushels suppliedper month 50 $5 80 55 4 75 60 3 70 65 2 65 70 1 55 Which of the following would occur if the government set a price ceiling of $1 in the market shown in Exhibit 4-10?
A. There would be a shortage of apricots. B. Buyers would not want to purchase all of the apricots that are supplied. C. There would be a surplus of apricots. D. Farmers would reduce the number of acres allocated to the growing of apricots.