The opportunity cost of something you decide to get is

A) all the possible alternatives that you give up to get it.
B) the highest valued alternative you give up to get it.
C) the value of the item minus the cost you paid for it.
D) the amount of money you pay to get it.


B

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A) $25 B) $10 C) $30 D) $15

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Which of following groups of countries are all advanced economies?

A) Australia, Brazil, and the United States B) Hong Kong, Japan, France, and the United Kingdom C) Italy, the United States, China, and Russia D) Singapore, Russia, France, and Chad E) Mexico, Canada, Germany, and Egypt

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If your bank faces a 20 percent required reserve ratio and receives a cash deposit of $4,000 into a checkable deposit account, the maximum total amount of money possible after the banking system makes all loans is:

a. $800. b. $3,200. c. $4,000. d. $16,000. e. $20,000.

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Assume that foreign capital flows from a nation increase due to political uncertainly and increased risk. If the nation has highly mobile international capital markets and a fixed exchange rate system, what happens to the real risk-free interest rate and real GDP in the context of the Three-Sector-Model? a. The real risk-free interest rate rises and real GDP falls

b. The real risk-free interest rate falls and real GDP rises. c. The real risk-free interest rate rises and real GDP remains the same. d. The real risk-free interest rate and real GDP remain the same. e. There is not enough information to determine what happens to these two macroeconomic variables.

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