Refer to the information provided in Figure 13.5 below to answer the question that follows. 
Figure 13.5 Refer to Figure 13.5. The Silver Exchange has a monopoly over the sale of solid silver walking sticks. This company is
A. suffering an economic loss and not covering its variable costs.
B. suffering an economic loss but covering its variable costs.
C. earning an economic profit.
D. breaking even.
Answer: A
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A) decreased from $125,500 to $28,750. B) increased by about 118 percent. C) increased from $11,500 to $12,550. D) decreased by 9 percent. E) increased by over 300 percent.
When housing prices ________ as they did beginning in 2006 following the housing market bubble, most banks and other lenders tightened the requirement for borrowers, making it ________ for potential home buyers to obtain mortgages
A) fell; easier B) rose; easier C) rose; harder D) fell; harder
A fall in the price level
A) increases the real value of money balances, which causes borrowing to decrease, leading to a decrease in investment and total planned real expenditures. B) causes exports to rise and imports to fall, leading to an increase in total planned real expenditures. C) leads to an increase in total planned real expenditures because of the indirect effect. D) causes total planned real expenditures to increase as long as the fall is less than the fall in the price level in other countries.
Current account transactions are payments and gifts that are related to the purchase or sale of
A) financial instruments only. B) both goods and services. C) goods only. D) services only.