In economics, the term "shortage" means that the quantity demanded is greater than the quantity supplied at the existing price
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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Suppose the unemployment rate is 8 percent and the natural unemployment rate is 6 percent. If potential GDP is $8 trillion, using Okun's Law what does real GDP equal?
A) $8.32 trillion B) $8.00 trillion C) $8.16 trillion D) $7.68 trillion E) $7.84 trillion
Suppose that a country is producing on its PPC at a point to the left of the tangency between the trade line and the PPC. At the production point,
A) the opportunity cost in production of the good on the horizontal axis is less than its trade price. B) the opportunity cost in production of the good on the horizontal axis is more than its trade price. C) the opportunity cost in production of the good on the vertical axis is less than its trade price. D) the opportunity cost in production of the good on the horizontal axis may be either less than or more than its trade price.
If a firm expects that the price of its product will be higher in the future than it is today, then
A) the firm will go out of business. B) the firm has an incentive to increase supply now and decrease supply in the future. C) the firm has an incentive to decrease quantity supplied now and increase quantity supplied in the future. D) the firm has an incentive to decrease supply now and increase supply in the future.
In 2015, imports made up ________ percent of the U.S. economy.
A. 17 B. 5 C. 1 D. 14