Required reserves are a % of loans that the bank must set aside in its vault or in its account with its Federal Reserve Bank
a. true
b. false
Answer: b. false
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A) increase, so that equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity will increase. B) decrease, so that equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity will increase. C) increase, so that equilibrium price will decrease and equilibrium quantity will increase. D) increase, but the new equilibrium price and quantity are indeterminate.
What is the economic variable that guides the invisible hand?
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Sue's Surfboards is the sole renter of surfboards on Big Wave Island. If marginal revenue is positive at the number of surfboard rentals made each hour, then Sue's Surfboards
A) must face an elastic demand for surfboard rentals. B) must face an inelastic demand for surfboard rentals. C) can increase its total revenue by increasing the price of rentals. D) must face a unit elastic demand for surfboard rentals.
The following table shows four firms, the amount each pollutes, the marginal cost for each firm to clean up pollution, and the total cost to each firm of eliminating all pollution.FirmTotal Discharge (in tons)Marginal Cost of Cleanup(per ton)Total Cost of CleanupA60$5.00$300B70$8.00$560C80$7.50$600D90$4.00$360The total discharge of these four companies is 300 tons. Assume there is no one else who pollutes. If the government establishes a regulation requiring each company to reduce pollution by 50 percent, what will be spent on reducing pollution?
A. $1,050 B. $910 C. $660 D. $1,710