The Fed increases the reserve requirement, but it wants to offset the effects on the money supply. Which of the following should it do?
a. sell bonds to increase reserves
b. sell bonds to decrease reserves
c. buy bonds to increase reserves
d. buy bonds to decrease reserves
c
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A perfectly competitive market is in equilibrium and then demand decreases. The decrease in demand means the market price will ________ and eventually there will be ________
A) rise; entry by new firms B) fall; exit by existing firms C) fall; entry by new firms D) rise; exit by existing firms E) fall; neither entry nor exit because the market is perfectly competitive
Explain whether each of the following variables is a lagging, leading, or coincident indicator: In each case, is the economy likely in a recession, heading for a recession, in an expansion, or heading for an expansion?
a. Industrial production is falling. b. The number of building permits issued for new private housing units begins to decline. c. The number and amount of commercial and industrial loans start to rise. d. The average prime interest rate charged by banks begins to fall. e. The M2 money supply begins to rise.
The SSS Co has a patent on a particular medication. The medication sells for $1 per daily dose and marginal cost is estimated to be a constant at $0.20
Assuming linear demand and marginal cost curves, use this information to estimate the deadweight loss from monopoly pricing if the firm currently sells 1,000 doses per day. Can this loss be justified?
Use the equation Qd = 5,000 - 15P + 50A + 3Px - 4I, (2,117 ) (2.7 ) (15 ) (2 ) (3 )
where Qd = Quantity Demanded, P = Good Price, A = Advertising Expenditures, Px = Price of a Competitive Good, A = Advertising Expenditures, I = Average Monthly Income, and the Standard Errors of the Regression Coefficients are shown in Parentheses. Calculate the t-statistics for each variable and explain what inferences can be drawn from them. If R2 of this equation is 0.25, what inference can be drawn from it?