According to purchasing-power parity, when a country's central bank decreases the money supply, a unit of money
a. gains value both in terms of the domestic goods and services it can buy and in terms of the foreign currency it can buy.
b. gains value in terms of the domestic goods and services it can buy, but loses value in terms of the foreign currency it can buy.
c. loses value in terms of the domestic goods and services it can buy, but gains value in terms of the foreign currency it can buy.
d. loses value both in terms of the domestic goods and services it can buy and in terms of the foreign currency it can buy.
a
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Because a type of fish is on the verge of extinction, the government imposes rules that prohibit fishing in the publicly spawned grounds. At first, owners of fishing boats complain about this restriction on where they can fish, but soon they notice that the number of adult fish swimming outside the protected area is much higher than it was before. With the restriction, each fishing boat ends up catching more fish than it did before the restriction was in place. Which of the following principles of economic interaction best describes this scenario?
A) Markets usually lead to efficiency.
B)There is a trade-off between equity and efficiency.
C) When markets do not achieve efficiency, government intervention can improve welfare.
D) Markets move toward equilibrium.
If resources are owned by individuals instead of government,
a. resources will be used less efficiently. b. resource use will tend to be unchanging and determined by historical usage patterns. c. resource use will be guided by changing relative prices as owners attempt to maximize self-interest. d. market prices will not reflect changing values of different uses of the resources. e. none of the above answers are correct.
If official U.S. poverty statistics included in-kind transfer payments the:
A. poverty rate would be close to zero. B. poverty rate would be lower. C. government deficit would be lower. D. top 10 percent of those in the income distribution would be wealthier.
Monetary policy consists of changes in taxes, which in turn affects the amount of money households can spend on consumption
Indicate whether the statement is true or false