As wealth increases in the economy, we would expect to observe
A) bond prices and interest rates both rise.
B) bond prices and interest rates both fall.
C) bond prices rise and interest rates fall.
D) bond prices fall and interest rates rise.
C
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In the United States, there are a number of programs that provide goods and services, such as food, medical care, and housing, to the poor. How could income standards be changed, in light of these programs, to better reflect absolute poverty? a. The income standards should not change because these programs provide goods and services, not money. b. The income standards should be increased, since
it costs money to provide these goods and services. c. The income standards should be increased, because these programs will affect the relative measure of poverty. d. The income standards should be decreased, since program recipients require less income to meet a minimum standard of living.
Unemployment compensation payments:
A. rise during a recession and thus reduce the severity of the recession. B. rise during a recession and thus increase the severity of the recession. C. rise during inflationary episodes and thus reduce the severity of the inflation. D. fall during a recession and thus increase the severity of the recession.
Which of the following do the marginal propensity to consume and the marginal propensity to save have in common?
a. They contradict Keynes’s original model. b. They apply only to certain household consumers. c. It is impossible for either to be zero. d. They both require change in disposable income to calculate.
Consider the following misperceptions model of the economy.AD: Y = 600 + 10(M/P)SRAS: Y = + P - PeOkun's Law: (Y -
)/
= -2(u -
)Let
= 750, = 0.05, M = 600, and Pe = 40.(a)What is the price level?(b)Suppose there is an unanticipated increase in the nominal money
supply to 800. What is the short-run equilibrium level of output, the unemployment rate, and the price level?(c)When price expectations adjust fully, what is the price level? What will be an ideal response?