The part of the federal budget that has increased at the fastest rate is

A. government salaries.
B. entitlements.
C. interest payments.
D. national defense.


Answer: B

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Employing the error learning model to forecast sales, a firm where sales last period were expected to be $110 million, but actually sold $100 million would forecast that sales this period would be ________ if ________ is the coefficient of adjustment

. A) 103; 0.03 B) 105; 0.5 C) 110; 0.10 D) All of the above are correct.

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A large aircraft manufacturer, like Boeing, may have a cost advantage over a new smaller manufacturer because

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Refer to the diagram. Assume that nominal wages initially are set on the basis of the price level P 2 and that the economy initially is operating at its full-employment level of output Q f . In the short run, cost-push inflation could best be shown as:



A.  a leftward shift of aggregate supply from AS 2 to AS 3 .
B.  a move from b to c on AS 2 .
C.  a move from b to c to d.
D.  a move from b to f to d.

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