Which of the following is an example of an expansionary monetary policy?
What will be an ideal response?
a reduction in the required reserve ratio
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The height of the market demand curve
a. at any quantity shows the value — to someone — of the last unit of the good consumed b. shows the market value of a good or service c. increases as more of a good or service is consumed d. shows the cost of producing each unit of a good or service e. measures the side payment necessary to achieve economic efficiency
Which of the following was an underlying cause of the economic crisis of 2008?
a. a failure of government to impose regulations on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and other mortgage lenders b. the imposition of government regulations on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and other lending institutions that eroded the conventional lending standards in place prior to the mid-1990s c. greedy mortgage lenders who extended risky loans to sub-prime borrowers even though the regulators were trying to limit these loans d. federal housing regulations that made it difficult for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and other lending institutions to obtain sufficient loanable funds for the finance of housing construction
The price elasticity of demand for widgets is 0.80. Assuming no change in the demand curve for widgets, a 16 percent increase in sales implies a:
A. 1 percent reduction in price. B. 12 percent reduction in price. C. 40 percent reduction in price. D. 20 percent reduction in price.
Demand is a schedule that shows
A) a set of possible prices for a good and the quantities of the good that will be purchased at each of those prices. B) how much income it takes to afford various quantities of a good. C) the relationship between the cost of producing a good and the price that sellers will charge. D) how population changes will affect the amount of a good that is needed.