The term reserve requirement refers to the proportion of its deposits that a bank is legally required to deposit with the central bank
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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If the nominal money supply doubles while real money demand is unchanged, what happens to the price level?
A) The price level increases by a factor of four. B) The price level doubles. C) The price level is unchanged. D) The price level falls by one-half.
A new government study reveals that daily consumption of peanut butter increases life expectancy by 10 years. What will this do to the input markets for peanuts and peanut butter factory workers? Assuming bologna is a substitute for peanut butter, what will happen in the market for bologna factory workers?
Which statement is false?
A. During the Great Depression millions of working-class and middle-class people demanded welfare payments. B. Until the 1930s the prevalent theory of poverty was that the poor were lazy. C. The heritage of slavery theory explains most poverty in this country. D. None of these statements are false.
If instead the government set the abatement standard at 50 million tons per year, would that standard be too lenient or too restrictive at the national level? Support your answer with specific values.
Hypothetically, suppose a recent study of hazardous waste abatement (A) arrives at the following national estimates for abating chemical solvents: MSB = 100 – 0.75A and MSC = 20 + 0.50A, where A is measured in millions of tons per year, and costs are measured in millions of dollars.