The opportunity cost of holding excess reserves is equal to
A. the federal funds rate.
B. the discount rate.
C. the federal funds rate minus the discount rate.
D. none of these.
Answer: D
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An advantage of the personal consumption expenditures price index (PCE) over the Consumer Price Index (CPI) as a measure of inflation is that the PCE
A) is a fixed market-basket price index that does not allow the mix of products to change each year. B) includes the prices of consumer services, but not consumer goods. C) includes the prices of more consumer goods and services. D) includes the prices of consumer goods, but not consumer services.
The "Discount Department Stores" industry is highly concentrated. What does this mean?
A) The sales volume in this industry is consistently high. B) There are many large stores such as Wal-Mart, Target, Kohl's, in this industry. C) A few large stores account for a significant portion of industry sales. D) There is cut-throat competition in this industry because there are no entry barriers.
Refer to Table 22-6. Consider the statistics in the table above in describing the developing countries. Are these consistent with the economic growth model? Briefly explain
What will be an ideal response?
Movements in GDP
A) differ greatly from movements in GNP. B) do not differ greatly from movements in GNP. C) are not allowed to differ at all from movements in GNP by definition. D) need to be inflation adjusted in order to match movements in GNP. E) are not relevant to an examination of national income.