Pat earns $1,000 per week and spends $850 per week on living expenses, puts $50 in a savings account, and buys $100 worth of shares in a stock mutual fund. Pat's saving is ________, and Pat's saving rate is ________.
A. $150; 15%
B. $50; 5.9%
C. $50; 5.0%
D. $100; 10%
Answer: A
You might also like to view...
What are the short-run economic effects when U.S. firms substitute labor outside of the U.S. for labor inside the U.S.?
A) The demand curve for labor in the U.S. decreases, and the demand curve in the foreign country will increase. B) The demand curve for labor in the U.S. increases, and the demand curve in the foreign country will decrease. C) The demand curve for labor in the U.S. decreases, and the demand curve in the foreign country will decrease. D) The demand curve for labor in the U.S. increases, and the demand curve in the foreign country will increase.
Transactions costs are defined to be the:
A. costs a buyer or seller incurs to make a transaction take place. B. taxes they pay when purchasing a good or service. C. fees they are charged if they purchase a good or service on credit. D. costs a buyer faces if they re-sell a good or service.
Consider the following list: a worker with training in video gaming technology, 10 hectares of arable land in southern Ontario, a fishing trawler in Nova Scotia, an ice-cream truck at a park in Quebec. Each of these is an example of
A) a capital resource. B) goods and services. C) a factor of production. D) an economic service. E) a commodity.
Refer to the information provided in Figure 1.7 below to answer the question(s) that follow.
Figure 1.7Refer to Figure 1.7. The slope of the line between Points D and B is
A. 1.5. B. 0.67. C. -0.67. D. -1.5.