Suppose that the Fed decides to decrease the growth rate of the money supply in the United States. What is most likely to happen to the U.S. trade deficit and to GDP?
A. The trade deficit will fall; GDP will fall.
B. The trade deficit will rise; GDP will rise.
C. The trade deficit will fall; GDP will rise.
D. The trade deficit will rise; GDP will fall.
Answer: D
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A. increase; decrease B. decrease; increase C. decrease; decrease D. increase; increase
During the Great Depression of the 1930s when the unemployment rate was exceptionally high due to the Great Depression, the government had employment programs, such as the Civilian Conservation Corps, which built campsites and planted trees. These programs were aimed at reducing which type of unemployment?
A) cyclical B) avoidable C) structural D) frictional E) discouraged
The reduction in consumer and producer surplus that results from underproduction is called
A) an internal cost. B) a deadweight loss. C) a quantity loss. D) None of the above answers is correct.
Block pricing
A) is a form of nonlinear price discrimination. B) is pricing where one price is charged for the first block of units purchased, and different prices for subsequent blocks. C) can be either use increasing or decreasing prices for blocks purchased. D) All of the above.