Open market operations designed to fight inflation will drive interest rates _____ and bond prices ______.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
up; down
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A) Decrease in demand B) Decrease in supply C) Increase in demand D) Increase in supply
A share of stock is
A. a claim on the assets of the corporation that gives the purchaser an ownership right in the corporation. B. the share of profits distributed to stockholders. C. a promise to pay for the use of someone else's money. D. a promise to loan money to someone. E. a and b
If a firm increases inputs by 15 percent and output increases by 12.5 percent, the firm is experiencing
A. increasing returns to scale. B. decreasing returns to scale. C. constant returns to scale. D. increasing costs per unit of output.
If farm price supports gave farmers 60 percent parity in 1975, then we know that
a. farm purchasing power was 60 percent higher in 1975 than in 1910–1914 b. farm purchasing power was 60 percent lower in 1975 than in 1910–1914 c. farmers were better off in 1975 than in 1910–1914 d. farm prices in 1975 purchased 160 percent of what they purchased in 1910–1914 e. the purchasing power of a unit of farm goods in 1975 was 60 percent of the purchasing power it had in 1910–1914