Suppose the United States decides to go back on the gold standard. This should

A) improve the Federal Reserve's ability to target inflation.
B) decrease the Federal Reserve's ability to pursue active monetary policy.
C) increase the effectiveness of expansionary monetary policy.
D) increase the effectiveness of contractionary monetary policy.


B

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A) -$20 billion. B) +$220 billion. C) +$20 billion. D) zero E) +$200 billion.

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Which of the following is NOT part of solving a game?

A) Write down all possible combinations of strategies. B) Write down all possible payoffs and eliminate dominated strategies. C) Solve for any Nash Equilibrium. D) None of the above.

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A. Higher real income and higher nominal income. B. Higher real income but lower nominal income. C. No change in nominal income. D. No change in real income.

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