The level of reserves in the monetary system is determined by
A. Congress.
B. the President of the United States.
C. the Treasury Department.
D. the Federal Open Market Committee.
Answer: D
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A. the aggregate demand curve is downward sloping. B. the aggregate demand curve is upward sloping. C. the aggregate demand curve is horizontal. D. the short-run aggregate supply line is downward sloping.
As a percentage of GDP, federal expenditures ________ from 1950 to the early 1990s, ________ from 1992 to 2001, and have ________ since 2001
A) rose; rose; fallen B) fell; rose; fallen C) rose; fell; risen D) fell; fell; risen
Automatic stabilizers create ________ during recessions from increased government spending on welfare and unemployment insurance, and reduced tax revenues, and create _________ during peak growth periods of the economy from reduced government welfare spending and increased tax revenues
a. fiscal stimulus, fiscal contraction b. fiscal stimulus, fiscal stimulus c. fiscal contraction, fiscal stimulus d. fiscal contraction, fiscal contraction
Assume a two-country, two-commodity, two-input model where the following relationships hold:(K/L)U.S. > (K/L)ROW (K/L)automobiles > (K/L)shoes (K/L)U.S. is the capital-labor ratio in the United States, (K/L)ROW is the capital-labor ratio in the Rest of the World, (K/L)automobiles indicates the capital-labor ratio in the production of automobiles, and (K/L)shoes indicates the capital-labor ratio in the production of shoes.Assume further that technology and tastes are the same in the United States and the Rest of the World. The relationships shown in here indicate that the United States has a comparative advantage in the production of ________ while the Rest of the World has a comparative advantage in the production of
A. neither shoes nor automobiles; both goods B. shoes; automobiles C. automobiles; shoes D. both the goods; neither shoes nor automobiles