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.


C

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A. increasing government purchases by $25 billion. B. decreasing taxes by $25 billion. C. increasing government purchases by $80 billion. D. decreasing taxes by $100 billion.

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The range of values in which we can be confident that the true regression coefficient lies within a given degree of probability is called a:

A) prediction interval. B) confidence interval. C) logistic regression. D) none of the above.

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Which of the following is not one of the three basic situations in which regulation is imposed?

A. price fixing B. natural monopoly C. externalities D. imperfect information

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Using Figure 1 above, if the aggregate demand curve shifts from AD3 to AD2 the result in the long run would be:

A. P1 and Y2. B. P2 and Y1. C. P3 and Y1. D. P3 and Y2.

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