In a country with a working-age population of 30 million, 18 million are employed, 2 million are unemployed, and 2 million of the employed are working part-time, half of whom wish to work full-time. The involuntary part-time rate is
A) 4.5 percent.
B) 10 percent.
C) 4.8 percent.
D) 5 percent.
E) none of the above.
D) 5 percent.
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The magnitude of the slope of the budget line measures the
A) opportunity cost of the good on the horizontal axis in terms of the good on the vertical axis. B) opportunity cost of the good on the vertical axis in terms of the good on the horizontal axis. C) price elasticity of demand. D) price elasticity of supply.
Assuming initially that the required reserve ratio = 10%, the currency-deposit ratio = 40%, and the excess reserve ratio = 0, an decrease in the currency-deposit ratio to 30% causes the M1 money multiplier to ________, everything else held constant
A) increase from 2.8 to 3.25 B) decrease from 3.25 to 2.8 C) increase from 2.8 to 3.5 D) decrease from 3.5 to 2.8
The price of milk would be of particular interest to
A. a microeconomist. B. a macroeconomist. C. neither a microeconomist nor a macroeconomist. D. both a microeconomist and a macroeconomist.
A temporary decrease in the price of oil would be considered a:
A. long-run supply shock. B. demand shock. C. short-run supply shock. D. The changing price of oil would not affect any of these.