In 2008, the Treasury and Federal Reserve took several actions in response to the deepening financial crisis. One action was the Treasury's move to have the federal government take control of
A) JPMorgan Chase.
B) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
C) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
D) Lehman Brothers.
B
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The curve in the above figure shows alternative combinations of gasoline and coffee that Sam likes equally well. This curve is called
A) a budget line. B) a demand curve. C) a consumption curve. D) an indifference curve.
If you own a $1,000 face value bond with one year remaining to maturity and a 3 percent coupon rate and new bonds are paying 9 percent, what is the most you can get for your old bond?
A) $917.43 B) $944.95 C) $970.87 D) $1,000
Assume that foreign capital flows from a nation increase due to political uncertainly and increased risk. If the nation has highly mobile international capital markets and a fixed exchange rate system, what happens to the quantity of real loanable funds and monetary base in the context of the Three-Sector-Model? a. The quantity of real loanable funds rises and monetary base rises
b. The quantity of real loanable funds rises and monetary base falls. c. The quantity of real loanable funds falls and monetary base falls. d. The quantity of real loanable funds and monetary base remain the same. e. There is not enough information to determine what happens to these two macroeconomic variables.
A year-long drought that destroys most of the summer's crops would be considered a:
A. short-run supply shock. B. long-run demand shock. C. long-run supply shock. D. short-run demand shock.