The price elasticity of demand measures the responsiveness of consumers to changes in the price of a product.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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Suppose that an economy is initially producing at the full-employment level of output. Now suppose there is a reduction in the money supply. Other things being equal we can expect
A) demand-side inflation. B) supply-side inflation. C) deflation. D) cost-pull inflation.
When a firm hired its tenth worker, its factory output increased by four units per month. Would you expect the firm's output to increase by eight more units per month if the firm hired two more workers?
What will be an ideal response?
You borrow money to buy a house in 2009 at a fixed interest rate of 5.5 percent. By 2012, the inflation rate has steadily fallen to 1.5 percent from the recent high of 3.0 percent in 2009
Considering only your mortgage, is inflation good news or bad news for you? A) bad news, because it makes the nominal value of your mortgage payments increase B) bad news, because it makes the real value of your mortgage payments increase C) good news, because it makes the real value of your mortgage payments decrease D) bad news, because inflation hurts everyone
An economic model
a. uses equations to understand normative economic phenomena b. often omits crucial elements c. simplifies reality in order to focus on crucial elements d. tries to make simple concepts more complex e. cannot be proven wrong