A World View article titled "Japan Sees Quake Damage Bill of Up to $309 Billion, Almost Four Katrinas" implies that the most likely impact from power shortages from this destruction would be
A. A leftward shift of aggregate supply.
B. An increase in GDP.
C. A rightward movement down the Phillips curve.
D. A decrease in inflation.
Answer: A
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Refer to the figure below.________ inflation will eventually move the economy pictured in the diagram from short-run equilibrium at point ________ to long-run equilibrium at point ________. 
A. Rising; A B. Falling; A; C C. Falling; B: C D. Rising; A; C
If the cross price elasticity between Goods A and B equals -1.3, then a reduction in the price of Good B will:
a. increase the demand for Good A and increase Good A's price as a result. b. increase the demand for Good A and decrease Good A's price as a result. c. decrease the demand for Good A and increase Good A's price as a result. d. decrease the demand for Good A and decrease Good A's price as a result.
Over the years, many food and beverage producers began merging with other companies. Nabisco merged with a tobacco firm; Campbell's Soup purchased mushroom farms; and, Anheuser-Busch purchased, among others, malt, yeast, and canning companies. Pepsi purchased Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut. Which of these merging firms engaged in either vertical or conglomerate mergers?
a. none b. all c. only Campbell's Soup d. only Anheuser-Busch e. only Pepsi
The production possibility curve is bowed outward from the origin because of:
A. the law of increasing opportunity costs. B. the finite nature of the resource base. C. inefficiency. D. unemployment.