Which of the following statements is not true for a command economy?
A. The government decides what is produced.
B. The amount of a good supplied always equals the amount of the good demanded.
C. The state decides how to distribute what is produced.
D. Consumers have some choices concerning what they buy.
Answer: B
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A) decreases; negative B) increases; negative C) increases; positive D) decreases; positive
According to the permanent-income hypothesis, a permanent increase in a person's income will
A) increase consumption more than savings. B) increase savings more than consumption. C) be smoothed out to where the increases in consumption and savings are roughly equal. D) have the same effect on consumption as a transitory increase in income.
Assume that Currency 1 appreciated in terms of Currency 2 . Which of the following statements is always true?
a. Currency 2 appreciated as well in terms of currency 1. b. Currency 2 may have appreciated or depreciated in terms of currency 1. c. Currency 2 depreciated in terms of currency 1. d. Currency 2 appreciated in terms of any currency. e. Currency 2 depreciated in terms of any currency.
The money multiplier:
A. Is equal to the required reserve ratio times transactions deposits. B. Gets larger as the required reserve ratio increases. C. Is the reciprocal of the required reserve ratio. D. Represents the lending capacity of an individual bank.