If a hurricane were to wipe out the majority of the eastern seaboard in the United States:
A. neither the short-run nor long-run aggregate supply curves would be affected.
B. only the long-run aggregate supply curve would shift left.
C. only the short-run aggregate supply curve would shift left.
D. the long-run and short-run aggregate supply curves would both shift left.
Answer: D
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If the actual capital stock exceeds the desired capital stock due to a cycle of overbuilding, then
A) net investment will fall dramatically. B) net investment will increase dramatically. C) net investment will not change. D) the effect on net investment is unknown.
Between 1994 and 2004, the monthly charge for cellular phone service decreased from $120 per month to $30 per month. At the same time, the number of subscribers increased from less than 10 million to more than 75 million. Which of the following provides the best explanation for these changes?
a. an increase in consumer income between 1994 and 2004 b. a reduction in the price of residential phone service, a substitute for cellular phone service c. an increase in the wages of workers in the cellular phone industry d. technological improvements that reduced the cost of supplying cellular phone service
Counting discouraged workers as unemployed would
A) lower the measured unemployment rate. B) raise the measured unemployment rate. C) raise the natural unemployment rate. D) raise the full employment rate. E) not change the measured unemployment rate.