Reserves increase if the Federal Reserve
a. raises the discount rate or auctions more credit.
b. raises the discount rate but not if it auctions more credit.
c. lowers the discount rate or auctions more credit.
d. lowers the discount rate but not if it auctions more credit.
c
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One reason Zimbabwe suffered from hyperinflation is that the government had decided to pay for all of its expenses by
A) selling Treasury bonds to foreign governments. B) selling its government-run oil company to a private company, which then defaulted on its payment. C) raising interest rates to attract foreign direct investment, then nationalizing the foreign-owned facilities. D) printing more and more money.
Refer to Figure 6-10. A perfectly inelastic supply curve is shown in
A) Panel A. B) Panel B. C) Panel C. D) Panel D.
If the Fed engages in an open market sale of U.S. government securities, what is the likely impact of this monetary policy move?
a. The supply of money and the interest rate will both increase. b. The supply of money will increase but the interest rate will decrease. c. The supply of money will decrease but the interest rate will increase. d. The supply of money and the interest rate will both decrease.
What is the rate of decrease in marginal utility for each successive slice of pizza?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
d. 10