When the dollar depreciates, the cost to Americans of foreign goods
a. rises and the CPI falls.
b. rises and the CPI rises.
c. falls and the CPI rises.
d. falls and the CPI falls.
b
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The difference between nominal GDP and real GDP is
A) the indirect taxes used in their calculations. B) the prices used in their calculations. C) that nominal GDP includes the depreciation of capital and real GDP does not. D) that nominal GDP includes net exports of goods and services and real GDP includes net imports. E) that real GDP includes the depreciation of capital and nominal GDP does not.
The government heavily subsidizes the production of ethanol to encourage the purchase of ethanol over oil, a less environmentally friendly form of energy. Given that the supply elasticity of ethanol, ?, is estimated to be about 0
13, what would the elasticity of demand, ?, have to be for consumers to receive at least half of the subsidy, and therefore encourage ethanol consumption? A) ? must be less than . B) ? must be greater than . C) ? must be more inelastic than the elasticity of supply. D) Both A and C.
If marginal product rises, then marginal costs rise
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
When an economy enters a recession, the
A. Number of discouraged workers falls. B. Cost of unemployment falls. C. Number of unemployed falls. D. Duration of unemployment rises.