The above figure shows the market for 2 bedroom town homes in San Diego. If a rent ceiling is set at $1,000 per month, then there is a
A) surplus equal to 150,000 town homes.
B) shortage equal to 100,000 town homes.
C) surplus equal to 100,000 town homes.
D) shortage equal to 150,000 town homes.
E) shortage equal to 250,000 town homes.
D
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Along the short-run Phillips curve SRPC2 the natural unemployment rate is
A) 8 percent. B) 3 percent. C) 4 percent. D) 6 percent. E) an amount that can be determined from the figure but none of the above answers is correct.
When a tax on emissions into the air accurately reflects the cost to all members of society of an additional unit of the emissions, it
A) amounts to no more than a license to pollute. B) encourages firms to reduce emissions as long as the cost of doing so is less than the cost of continuing the emissions. C) gives firms little incentive to search for less-polluting production processes. D) will not prevent large and profitable firms from polluting.
Any bank that uses deposits to make loans: a. operates on a 100 percent reserve system
b. operates on a fractional reserve system. c. does not operate on a reserve system. d. does not keep reserves in its vaults. e. charges an interest rate determined by the reserve ratio.
Which of the following will most likely result from an unexpected increase in prices that decreases real wages and resource prices?
a. a decrease in unemployment b. an increase in unemployment c. a decrease in the nominal interest rate d. a decrease in aggregate supply and real output