When the Fed raises the required reserve ratio, it:
a. lowers the cost of borrowing from the Fed, encouraging banks to make loans to the general public.
b. raises the cost of borrowing from the Fed, discouraging banks from making loans to the general public.
c. increases the amount of excess reserves that banks hold, encouraging them to make loans to he general public.
d. increases the amount of excess reserves that banks hold, discouraging them from making loans to the general public.
e. decreases the amount of excess reserves that banks hold, discouraging them from making loans to the general public.
e
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One of the influences that the world economy has on U.S. aggregate demand comes from changes in
A) foreign income. B) world opinion. C) foreign aid. D) world pollution. E) foreign governments.
Which of the following is true? a. U.S. imports are considered a credit item in the balance of payment, because the dollars sold to buy the necessary foreign currency add to foreign claims against U.S. buyers. b. When the U.S. runs a trade deficit in goods and services with the rest of the world, the rest of the world must be running a trade surplus in goods and services with the U.S. c. When
the U.S. runs a trade deficit in goods, it must run a trade surplus in services. d. None of the above is true.
In a two-country, two-commodity model, if a country has higher labor productivity in producing both the goods, it must produce and export both the goods to the other country.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
All of the following are key features of the federal government's new national health care program EXCEPT
A) people must either purchase health insurance or pay a fine to the federal government. B) a young person in good health can opt not to purchase health insurance without penalty. C) firms with at least 50 employees must either provide health insurance or pay fines when uninsured employees receive tax subsidies to purchase insurance. D) government-directed exchanges will assist in matching individuals and small businesses with health insurance policies that satisfy government requirements.