Frictional unemployment is:
A. a mismatch between the skills workers can offer and the skills that are in demand.
B. unemployment caused by workers who are changing their location, job, or career.
C. the effect of wages remaining persistently above the market-clearing level.
D. the most alarming cause of unemployment.
B. unemployment caused by workers who are changing their location, job, or career.
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Which of the following bank assets declined in value in the mid-2000s?
A) subprime loans B) mortgage-backed securities C) collateralized debt obligations D) nontraditional loans E) all of the above
The table below shows how quantities of gold demanded and supplied will vary with the price in the market for gold. When the market for gold is in equilibrium, which of the following will be true?
a. The price of gold will be $200 per ounce. b. The quantity of gold exchanged per day will be 15,000 ounces. c. Both A and B. d. The price of gold will be $250. e. The price of gold will be $300.
According to the hypothetical economy in Figure 5.1, between 1960 and 1970 real GDP declined but nominal GDP continued to rise. The increase in nominal GDP was due to
A. An increase in the standard of living. B. A decrease in the price level. C. An increase in the quantity of output produced. D. An increase in the price level greater than the decrease in output, causing the nominal dollar value of output produced to increase.
In economic terminology, when a resource is used to produce output it is referred to as
A. a fifth element. B. a factor of production. C. an intangible. D. a service.