Historically the return on stocks has been higher than the return on bonds. In part this reflects the higher risk from holding stock
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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A perfectly competitive firm is producing 50 units of output, which it sells at the market price of $23 per unit. The firm's average total cost is $20. What is the firm's total revenue?
A) $23 B) $150 C) $1,000 D) $1,150 E) $20
In the Solow growth model, an increase in the marginal propensity to consume shifts the ________, with the implied change in the capital stock resulting in a ________ standard of living in the long run
A) steady-state investment line upward, higher B) steady-state investment line downward, higher C) national saving line upward, lower D) national saving line upward, higher E) national saving line downward, lower
Potential output in an economy tends to happen very gradually due to which of the following?
a. changes in interest rates b. changes the labor force c. changes in the supply of money d. none of the above affect potential output
During the last tax year you lent money at a nominal rate of 6 percent. Actual inflation was 1 percent, but people had been expecting 1.5 percent . This difference between actual and expected inflation
a. transferred wealth from the borrower to you and caused your after-tax real interest rate to be 0.5 percentage points higher than what you had expected. b. transferred wealth from the borrower to you and caused your after-tax real interest rate to be more than 0.5 percentage points higher than what you had expected. c. transferred wealth from you to the borrower and caused your after-tax real interest rate to be 0.5 percentage points lower than what you had expected. d. transferred wealth from you to the borrower and caused your after-tax real interest rate to be more than 0.5 percentage points lower than what you had expected.