The Fed's founders viewed the Fed as a means of maintaining the money supply during economic contractions and as a lender of last resort
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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According to the text, economists consider full employment to occur when
A) the sum of frictional unemployment and structural unemployment equals zero. B) the unemployment rate consists of only frictional and structural unemployment. C) frictional unemployment equals zero. D) everyone who wants a job has a job.
In a closed economy, what is the relationship between saving and investment?
A) Saving is greater than investment. B) Investment may be greater or smaller than saving. C) Investment is greater than saving. D) Investment is equal to saving.
Refer to Figure 27-1. Suppose the economy is in short-run equilibrium above potential GDP and wages and prices are rising
If contractionary policy is used to move the economy back to long run equilibrium, this would be depicted as a movement from ________ using the static AD-AS model in the figure above. A) B to A B) A to E C) C to B D) E to A E) D to C
A shortage will occur at any price below equilibrium price and a surplus will occur at any price above equilibrium price
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false