Which of the following was not a major area addressed by the Dodd-Frank Bill (i.e., Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010)
a. Reducing systemic threats to the U.S. financial system.
b. Slow economic growth and the need for Congress to increase spending.
c. Solving the "too big to fail" problem in the U.S. financial system.
d. Improving credit rating agency performance and accountability.
.B
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Which of the following is NOT an advantage of inflation targeting?
A) reduction of the time-inconsistency problem B) increased monetary policy transparency C) There is an immediate signal on the achievement of the target. D) consistency with democratic principles
The face value of a bond is the amount that will be paid to the holder of the bond when it matures.
a. true b. false
The fact that there are fewer and fewer potential investments that will generate returns high enough to make the cost of paying back a loan worthwhile is reflected in the:
A. downward-slope of the demand curve in the market for loanable funds. B. upward-slope of the demand curve in the market for loanable funds. C. downward-slope of the supply curve in the market for loanable funds. D. upward-slope of the supply curve in the market for loanable funds.
Owner-provided capital and owner-provided labor are examples of
A) explicit costs. B) implicit costs. C) normal rate of return. D) accounting costs.