A sustained fall in the aggregate price level is called:
A. deflation.
B. inflation.
C. economic growth.
D. economic decline.
A. deflation.
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Which of the following best explains why the federal tax rebates in 2008 and 2009 had almost no effects on aggregate demand?
A) According to Ricardian equivalence theorem, those tax rebates did not affect aggregate demand because they were accompanied by more government spending. B) According to the permanent income hypothesis, those one-time tax rebates did not affect consumption because taxpayers did not believe the rebates would occur. C) According to Ricardian equivalence theorem, those tax rebates did not affect aggregate demand because there were no direct expenditure offsets. D) According to the permanent income hypothesis, those one-time tax rebates did not affect consumption because they did not change taxpayers' permanent income.
When the price of a stock rises significantly higher than what can be justified by the dividends the firm can be expected to pay in the future, a(n) _____ is said to have occurred
a. stock market crash b. arbitrage c. stock market bubble d. bull run e. short sale
Falling output, in the short run, could be due to:
A. an increase in short-run aggregate supply. B. a reduction in aggregate demand. C. an increase in long-run aggregate supply. D. an increase in aggregate demand.
Recall the Application about running a software programming business to answer the following question(s).If you have $10,000 to start a software development business, the interest rate is 4 percent, your cost of your computer is $5,000, and the earnings you sacrifice from working at another job are $32,000, your yearly cost of doing business would be:
A. $47,000. B. $47,400. C. $37,400. D. $37,000.