In the US, is it more likely that someone will become a millionaire by making money on his/her own or by inheriting a fortune?
Making money on his/her own
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At Christmastime, individuals choose to hold more cash and fewer deposits to facilitate their Christmas shopping. This condition will
A) increase the money supply, for people will be spending more money. B) have no effect on the money supply because people are just exchanging one form of money (deposits) for another form (cash). C) reduce the money supply because there will be a drain of reserves out of the banks. D) reduce the money supply, for all that cash is spent on Christmas presents.
If there is a shortage in the market for loanable funds, what happens to desired saving and desired investment as the interest rate moves to its equilibrium value?
a. desired saving and desired investment both fall b. desired saving and desired investment both rise c. desired saving falls and desired investment rises d. desired saving rises and desired investment falls
If the expected path of 1-year interest rates over the next four years is 5 percent, 4 percent, 2 percent, and 1 percent, then the expectations theory predicts that today's interest rate on the four-year bond is
A) 1 percent. B) 2 percent. C) 3 percent. D) 4 percent.
Suppose that you can hire your mechanic for up to six hours. The total benefit and total cost functions are B(H) = 300H - 20H2 and C(H) = 55H + 60H2. The corresponding formulas for marginal benefit and marginal cost are MB(H) = 300 - 40H and MC(H) = 55 + 120H. For how many hours should you hire your mechanic?
A. 1.53 hours B. 0.65 hours C. 6 hours D. 0 hours