In an effort to increase government revenue, Congress and the president decide to increase the corporate profits tax. The likely result will be
A) the supply curve for bonds shifts to the left.
B) the demand curve for bonds shifts to the left.
C) the equilibrium interest rate rises.
D) the equilibrium price of bonds falls.
A
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Which of the following is an assumption used when drawing a production possibilities frontier?
i. Human wants and desires are limited to what is available. ii. Only two goods are considered. iii. The level of technology is fixed and unchanging. A) i only B) ii only C) i and iii D) ii and iii E) i, ii, and iii
A closer relationship exists between GDP and nonresidential investment than between business profits and investment spending
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Experiments:
A. make it easier to determine whether people's choices are consistent with standard economic theory, but can make it harder to establish causality. B. often make it easier to establish causality, but can make it harder to determine whether people's choices are consistent with standard economic theory. C. make it easier both to establish causality and to determine whether people's choices are consistent with standard economic theory. D. make it harder both to establish causality and to determine whether people's choices are consistent with standard economic theory.
If workers expect inflation, and negotiate wage increases that exactly match price increases, the result is a
a. horizontal aggregate supply curve at the level of potential GDP. b. vertical aggregate supply curve at the level of potential GDP. c. horizontal aggregate demand curve at the level of potential GDP. d. vertical aggregate demand curve at the level of potential GDP.