An increase in expected inflation results in
A) lower nominal interest rates and higher bond prices.
B) lower real interest rates and higher bond prices.
C) higher real interest rates and lower bond prices.
D) higher nominal interest rates and lower bond prices.
D
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Who receives the goods and services produced in the United States depends largely on
A) how income is distributed. B) what goods and services are produced. C) government redistribution. D) how the goods and services are produced.
One reason why producers have an incentive to organize in favor of protection is because
A) producer gains are spread across so many firms that no one gets a large share of the benefits. B) producer gains are relatively concentrated. C) there is no real cost to the economy. D) producer gains outweigh consumer losses. E) it is a cheap way to keep their employees happy.
During the 2007-2009 recession and its aftermath, Okun's law
A) predicted the cyclical unemployment rate more accurately than it did prior to the recession. B) predicted the cyclical unemployment rate at roughly the same rate of accuracy as it did prior to the recession. C) predicted a higher cyclical unemployment rate than was actually experienced in the U.S. economy. D) predicted a lower cyclical unemployment rate than was actually experienced in the U.S. economy.
In a perfectly competitive market, when the price is greater than the minimum average total cost for all firms:
A. positive economic profits are being earned. B. firms will enter, causing the price to increase. C. firms will exit, causing the price to drop. D. None of these is true.