Businesses demand funds because
A) they prefer earlier consumption to later consumption.
B) they have deficits to cover.
C) they prefer to purchase capital goods in the current year.
D) they make investments that they believe will increase productivity and profitability.
Answer: D
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first action regarding the run on banks was to
(a) close all banks. (b) increase the money supply. (c) prohibit bank foreclosures. (d) provide federal guarantees to depositors.
The fact that wage differentials continue to exist across different groups of workers leads economists to believe that
a. discrimination by customers is the most common type of economic discrimination. b. differences in human capital and job characteristics must be important in explaining the differences in wages. c. firms apparently are not profit maximizers. d. the market has failed to properly allocate wages to different workers.
Which of the following statements is true?
a. Private international foreign exchange transactions affect the monetary base. b. Both private foreign exchange transactions and central bank interventions in the foreign exchange market affect the monetary base. c. Neither private foreign exchange transactions nor central bank interventions in the foreign exchange market affect the monetary base. d. Central bank interventions in the foreign exchange market affect the monetary base.
What is the difference between marginal product and average product?
A. Marginal product is the additional output that a firm decides to produce for the next quarter based on market conditions. Average product is the average output over the past four quarters. B. Marginal product is the additional output that will be forthcoming from an additional worker, assuming that other inputs are constant. Average product is output per worker, or the total output divided by the number of workers. C. Marginal product is the additional output for every extra dollar paid to workers, assuming that other inputs are constant. Average product is output divided by total wages. D. Marginal product is the additional output that will be forthcoming from building an additional factory. Average product is output per worker, or the total output divided by the number of workers.