Which statement is true?
A. Open market operations are carried out by the President and Congress.
B. The rate of growth of our money supply is set by law.
C. The most powerful policy weapon of the Federal Reserve is raising and lowering the discount rate.
D. The President's appointment of the chairman of the Federal Reserve must be approved by Congress.
D. The President's appointment of the chairman of the Federal Reserve must be approved by Congress.
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Robinson Crusoe divides his time between catching fish and gathering fruit. Part of his production possibilities frontier is given in the above table. If Mr
Crusoe is on his PPF and he increases the amount of fruit he gathers from 56 to 90 pounds, the opportunity cost is A) 34 pounds of fruit. B) 90 pounds of fruit. C) 17 pounds of fish. D) 37 pounds of fish. E) 31 pounds of fish.
Refer to the table below. If the profit for each unit of paper product is $3.00 and the profit for each unit of lumber is $13.50, the profit-maximizing quantity of lumber and paper products is located between which to points on Big Oaks' production possibilities frontier?
Big Oaks can produce either paper products or lumber with each tree that they harvest. Because Big Oaks can adjust the amount of paper products and lumber they produce from the harvested trees, paper products and lumber are produced in variable proportions. The above table summarizes Big Oaks production possibilities from each harvested tree.
A) B and C
B) D and E
C) E and F
D) C and D
An increase in government spending will lead to which of the following?
a. an increase in equilibrium GDP, a decrease in money demand, a decrease in the interest rate, and an increase in investment spending b. a decrease in equilibrium GDP, a decrease in money demand, an increase in the interest rate, and a decrease in investment spending c. an increase in equilibrium GDP, an increase in money demand, an increase in the interest rate, and an increase in investment spending d. a decrease in equilibrium GDP, a decrease in money demand, a decrease in the interest rate, and an increase in investment spending e. an increase in equilibrium GDP, an increase in money demand, an increase in the interest rate, and a decrease in investment spending
The bottom 80 percent of the families in the United States receive approximately ________ percent of total income.
A. 90 B. 50 C. 10 D. 20