Which of the following can make the unemployment rate rise?
A. An increase in the number of people who are looking for work and an decrease in the number of people with jobs.
B. A decrease in the number of people who are looking for work.
C. A decrease in the number of people with jobs.
D. An increase in the number of people who are looking for work.
Answer: A
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A) increasing aggregate output, lowering unemployment, and raising inflation. B) decreasing aggregate output, raising unemployment, and raising inflation. C) increasing aggregate output, lowering unemployment, and lowering inflation. D) decreasing aggregate output, raising unemployment, and lowering inflation.
Allowing bank branching across state lines gives banks greater ability to coordinate bank operations. This makes it easier for them to receive the benefits of
A) the dual banking system. B) economies of scale. C) disintermediation. D) interest-rate irregularities.
Which of the following is an example of an ordering cost for goods held in inventory?
A) the cost of storage B) the costs of securing the inventory C) the opportunity cost of using funds to finance the inventory D) the cost of the paperwork necessary to pay for each order
If a good is inferior, then the income elasticity of demand for that good is
a. positive and greater than 1 b. negative c. positive and less than 1 d. 0 e. perfectly elastic