The collapse of the subprime mortgage market
A) did not affect the corporate bond market.
B) increased the perceived riskiness of Treasury securities.
C) reduced the Baa-Aaa spread.
D) increased the Baa-Aaa spread.
D
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Table 19-1 ? American Coal British Coal Cost per Ton Cost per Ton $150 £75 Assume that the information in Table 19-1 applies to the cost per ton of coal in 1998. Assume that also over a 10-year period prices rise 100 percent in Great Britain and 200 percent in the United States. According to the purchasing power parity theory, the exchange rate between the dollar and the pound in the year 2008 will be
A. 1 dollar = 2 pounds. B. 1 pound = 2 dollars. C. 1 pound = 3 dollars. D. 1 dollar = 3 pounds.
The type of firm that is most numerous is the
A) proprietorship. B) corporation. C) partnership. D) multinational.
Changes in inventory investment are ________ for the Fed to use to time changes in monetary policy
A) too short-lived B) short-lived enough C) gradual enough D) too gradual
If an individual's supply of labor curve is positively sloped throughout, then:
a. the substitution effect always dominates the income effect. b. the income effect always dominates the substitution effect. c. the substitution effect dominates at low real wage levels and the income effect dominates at high real wage levels. d. the income effect dominates at low real wage levels and the substitution effect dominates at high real wage levels.