If the nominal interest rate is 4 percent and expected inflation is 2.5 percent, then what is the expected real interest rate?
a. 1.6 percent
b. 10 percent
c. 6.5 percent
d. 1.5 percent
d
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Alan purchases 10 percent fewer bags of chips when his income decreases by 5 percent. Based on only this information, we know that for Alan
A) chips are a normal good. B) chips are a complement to salsa. C) chips are a substitute for pretzels. D) chips are an inferior good. E) the price of chips fell.
Labor costs $20 per worker and capital costs $100 per unit. Then, according to the above table, which of the following options for pizza production is technologically efficient?
A) Option 1 B) Option 2 C) Option 4 D) All of the above listed options are technologically efficient.
During the decade of the 1920s, the U.S. economy
(a) was generally healthy and gave no indication of the troubles that lay ahead regarding the Great Depression. (b) was relatively stagnant in terms of growth of total output with small declines in agriculture and housing, which suggested that difficult times might lie ahead in the 1930s. (c) experienced actual declines in overall production levels, including agriculture and housing, which suggested that even more difficult times probably lay ahead. (d) experienced relatively rapid growth in overall output but in the late 1920s nevertheless showed weaknesses in certain sectors such as agriculture, housing and the financial sector, which suggested the possibility of difficult times ahead.
An exterior painting company is contemplating buying a bigger truck and ladder. This is a
a. bad decision because average costs will be higher b. good decision because average costs will be lower c. long-run decision d. short-run decision e. bad decision because more fuel will be needed