A specific tax:
A. is a fixed dollar amount that must be paid on each unit bought or sold.
B. is a tax that is stated as a percentage of the good's price.
C. is a tax that is stated as a percentage of the good's price, which increases as quantity bought increases.
D. is a tax that is only paid by producers.
A. is a fixed dollar amount that must be paid on each unit bought or sold.
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Which of the following characterizes the Fed's ability to prevent recessions?
A) The Fed is incapable of changing aggregate demand through its monetary policy tools. B) The Fed is able to "fine tune" the economy and entirely eliminate recessions. C) The Fed is able to eliminate the business cycle and achieve absolute price stability. D) The Fed is able to keep a recession shorter and milder than it would otherwise be.
Refer to Figure 26-11. In the dynamic model of AD-AS in the figure above, the economy is at point A in year 1 and is expected to go to point B in year 2, and the Federal Reserve pursues policy. This will result in
A) real GDP lower than what would occur if no policy had been pursued. B) short-term interest rates higher than what would occur if no policy had been pursued. C) unemployment rates higher than what would occur if no policy had been pursued. D) inflation higher than what would occur if no policy had been pursued.
When the Fed decreases the money supply, interest rates
a. rise, causing velocity to fall. b. fall, causing velocity to fall. c. rise, causing velocity to rise. d. fall, causing velocity to rise.
Suppose that 1982 is the base year for the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and in 2014 the CPI was 190. What does this "190" mean?
A) What cost $100 in 1982 on average cost 190 times as much in 2014. B) What cost $100 in 1982 on average cost $190 in 2014. C) What cost $100 in 1982 on average cost 0.19 times as much in 2014 (that is, it cost $19 in 2014). D) What cost $100 in 1982 on average cost $19 more in 2014.