If a firm is earning a positive economic profit, it means that it:
A. is using its resources in the most profitable way.
B. should invest its resources in other business opportunities.
C. has an opportunity cost that is larger than what the firm is currently earning.
D. operating in the long run in a perfectly competitive market.
A. is using its resources in the most profitable way.
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Jennifer took out a fixed-interest-rate loan when the CPI was 100 . She expected the CPI to increase to 103 but it actually increased to 105 . The real interest rate she paid is
a. higher than she had expected, and the real value of the loan is higher than she had expected. b. higher than she had expected, and the real value of the loan is lower than she had expected. c. lower than she had expected, and the real value of the loan is higher than she had expected. d. lower then she had expected, and the real value of the loan is lower than she had expected.
Recall the Application. If the organization in New Zealand was successful in getting the Olympics to include sheep shearing as a spectator sport, and this helped to raise the world price of wool, the quantity of wool supplied would ________ because
the market supply curve for wool is ________ sloped. A) decrease; negatively B) increase; negatively C) increase; positively D) decrease; positively
Something is a normal good if
A) the demand for it decreases when its price rises. B) the demand for it decreases when its price falls. C) the demand for it increases when income rises. D) the demand for it increases when income falls.
A recession normally causes ________ in government net tax revenues, ________ the budget deficit is an example of ________ automatic stabilization
A) an increase, increasing, the working of B) an increase, decreasing, a failure of C) a decrease, decreasing, the working of D) a decrease, increasing, a failure of E) a decrease, increasing, the working of