To achieve long-run equilibrium in an economy with a recessionary gap, without the use of stabilization policy, the inflation rate must:
A. not change.
B. increase.
C. decrease.
D. either increase or decrease depending on the relative shifts of AD and AS.
Answer: C
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If an economy experiences an increase in its capital stock, everything else constant, then at constant world prices, it will
A) produce more of the labor intensive good and less of the capital intensive good. B) produce more of both goods. C) produce the same amount of both goods. D) produce less of the labor intensive good and more of the capital intensive good.
Average variable costs
A) are parallel with average total costs B) rise if marginal costs rise. C) are not parallel with average total costs. D) fall with increases in production.
If you must make a choice about consuming two apples, three oranges, or one candy bar, the opportunity cost of the candy bar is:
a. two apples. b. three oranges. c. two apples and three oranges. d. two apples or three oranges, whichever you prefer more. e. equal to the difference in the prices of the three options.
You love peanut butter. You hear on the news that 50 percent of the peanut crop in the South has been wiped out by drought and that this will cause the price of peanuts to double by the end of the year. As a result, your demand for peanut butter
a. will increase but not until the end of the year. b. increases today. c. decreases as you look for a substitute good. d. shifts left today.