An increase in the price of wheat futures will tend to cause
A) a decrease in current wheat consumption.
B) an increase in short-selling of wheat.
C) a shortage of wheat in the future.
D) a surplus of wheat in the future.
A
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When detailing the impact of monetary policy, a Keynesian econometric model is likely to emphasize the link between
A) interest rates and investment. B) the money supply and inflation. C) velocity and economic growth. D) aggregate supply and the money supply.
The recent interventions in Sudan, Yugoslavia, and Libya were all motivated by the need to _______, while Rwanda in 1994 and Syria in 2012 had the same need but lacked such intervention.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Allocative efficiency occurs only at that output where:
A. marginal benefit exceeds marginal cost by the greatest amount. B. consumer surplus exceeds producer surplus by the greatest amount. C. the combined amounts of consumer surplus and producer surplus are maximized. D. the areas of consumer and producer surplus are equal.
If the substitution effect of the real interest rate on saving is smaller than the income effect of the real interest rate on saving, then a rise in the real interest rate leads to a ________ in consumption and a ________ in saving, for someone who's a lender.
A. rise; rise B. rise; fall C. fall; rise D. fall; fall