Bond prices and interest rates:
a. are interrelated
b. have no relationship to one another
c. rise or fall in tandem
d. none of these choices
a
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"There is evidence that the string of U.S. bank closings in the early 1930s helped start and worsen the Great Depression." Discuss
What will be an ideal response?
Claude's Copper Clappers sells clappers for $65 each in a perfectly competitive market. At its present rate of output, Claude's marginal cost is $65, average variable cost is $45, and average total cost is $67 . To maximize his profit or minimize his loss, Claude should
a. increase output b. reduce output but not to zero c. maintain the present rate of output d. shut down e. raise the price
Suppose that the federal government imposes a price floor (support price) in the milk market at a price of $3 per gallon. If market quantity demanded at $3 is 1 billion gallons, and if market quantity supplied is 1.5 billion gallons, then which of the following is true?
a. There is a surplus of 1 billion gallons of milk, and the federal government will buy 1.5 billion gallons to maintain the $3 price. b. There is a shortage of 500 million gallons of milk, and the federal government will buy 1 billion gallons to maintain the $3 price. c. There is a shortage of 500 million gallons of milk, and the federal government will buy an additional 500 million gallons to maintain the $3 price. d. There is a surplus of 500 million gallons of milk, and the federal government will buy this 500 million gallons to maintain the $3 price.
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A) The rationing function of prices is not allowed to freely operate when the government imposes price controls. B) Price controls may take the form of price ceilings or price floors. C) Price ceilings below the equilibrium price can cause black markets to develop. D) Rent controls are examples of price floors.