Money serves as a good store of value except when an economy experiences a period of _____.
(A) Cyclical downturn
(B) Recession
(C) Depression
(D) Inflation
Answer: (D) Inflation
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The discount rate is
A) the interest rate paid when a bank borrows reserves from another bank. B) the interest rate paid when a commercial bank borrows reserves from the Fed. C) the reduction in the interest rate given to the bank's best customers. D) another name for the long-term interest rate. E) the interest rate the Fed pays banks for the reserves the banks keep at the Fed.
If GDP calculations included measurements of pollution and environmental damage, GDP values would most likely be
A) unchanged from their values without these measurements. B) meaningless, since GDP values without these measurements would no longer be of value. C) greater than their values without these measurements. D) less than their values without these measurements.
Choose the incorrect statement.
A) When the quality of a good improves over time and as a result the price rises, the CPI counts the entire price rise as inflation and so overstates inflation. B) The outlet substitution bias injects an upward bias into the CPI. C) The CPI basket is constantly updated to allow for the introduction of new goods. D) When relative prices change and people substitute to the lower priced good, the CPI ignores the substitution and the CPI overstates inflation. E) All of the above statements are incorrect. C) The CPI basket is constantly updated to allow for the introduction of new goods.
The scarcity of a good can be reduced only by
What will be an ideal response?