(Interest Rate, Planned investment in billions): (3%,$400) (6%,$360), (9%, $320), (12%, $280), (15%, $240), (18%, $200): If the interest rate dropped from 15% to 6%, planned investment would ________ by $________ billion.
A) increase; 120
B) increase; 180
C) decrease; 120
D) decrease; 180
Answer: A) increase; 120
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A. 10.0 percent. B. 22.2 percent. C. 18.2 percent. D. 7.5 percent.
The graph above represents a(n):
A. decreasing-cost industry: firms may be paying lower prices for their inputs when the industry expands. B. increasing-cost industry: firms may be paying higher prices for their inputs when the industry expands. C. constant-cost industry: prices of the inputs stay the same, and other production costs are constant as the industry expands. D. competitive, break-even industry: the long-run supply curve is upward sloping as it must be according to the law of supply.
The current U.S. unemployment insurance program
What will be an ideal response?
Figure 17-9
Refer to . The amount of revenue collected by the government from the tariff is
a.
$200.
b.
$400.
c.
$500.
d.
$600.