If the FOMC purchases government bonds priced at $5,000 from a bond dealer who banks at National Bank, and if the reserve requirement is 20 percent, then the required reserves of National Bank:
a. increase by $5,000.
b. increase by $4,000.
c. increase by $1,000.
d. decrease by $5,000.
e. decrease by $1,000.
c
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Which of the following statements is true of a flexible exchange rate system?
A) Market forces tend to undervalue a currency over time. B) Market forces tend to overvalue a currency over time. C) Market forces do not affect exchange rates between different currencies. D) Market forces tend to push the exchange rate of a currency to market clearing levels over time.
Which of the following advances contributed to the "new economy" of the mid-1990s?
A) the increased use of the Internet in selling products and services B) the lower cost and increased availability of laptop computers C) expanded cell phone use D) all of the above
In theory, price discrimination
a. Reduces the number of consumers who purchase the firm's product b. Decreases producer surplus c. Decreases consumer surplus d. Has no effect on deadweight loss
Mountain bikers and rollerbladers share the only trail in a city park. The city allows everybody into the park and onto the trail. The mountain bikers say the rollerbladers are a hazard to them; the rollerbladers say it's the other way around. Frequently there are collisions and many injuries occur. Which of the following ways of dealing with the problem does not implicitly grant someone a
property right? a. Allow bikers to use the trail on odd-numbered days and rollerbladers to use it on even-numbered days. b. Allow bikers to use the trail in the morning and rollerbladers to use it in the afternoon. c. Allow only bikers in the park because they have invested in the more expensive sports equipment. d. Kick everybody out of the park. e. Build another trail, put rollerbladers on one and bikers on the other, and give bikers the right-of-way at intersections.