President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first action regarding the run on banks was to

(a) close all banks.
(b) increase the money supply.
(c) prohibit bank foreclosures.
(d) provide federal guarantees to depositors.


(a)

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If a bank has legal reserves of $1 million, a reserve requirement of 10 percent, and check able deposits of $6 million, it can extend its check able deposits by

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Joe runs a business and needs to decide how many hours to stay open. Figure 2.2 illustrates his marginal benefit of staying open for each additional hour. Suppose that we observe Joe staying open 5 hours per day. If he is following the marginal principle, what must his marginal cost per hour be?

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If a firm hires 200 workers and produces 5,000 computers. If the firm hires one more worker, it produces 5,050 computers. If computers sell at a constant price of $100 and labor is hired at a constant wage rate of $4,000 per worker

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