Which statement about inflation is correct?
A. The redistributive effects of inflation are arbitrary with respect to people and groups in society.
B. Inflation "subsidizes" those who receive relatively fixed money income.
C. Inflation will decrease the real value of property assets and increase the real value of fixed-value assets.
D. Families are always hurt by inflation.
Answer: A
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A firm raises the price it charges. The firm's total revenue decreases. What can we conclude about the price elasticity of demand?
A) Demand is elastic. B) Demand is unit elastic. C) Demand is inelastic. D) Demand is perfectly inelastic. E) Not enough information is given to conclude anything about price elasticity of demand.
The Fed can determine how the money demand curve has shifted by
a. studying interest rate changes b. looking at the number of new loans c. studying unemployment compensation claims d. experimenting with changes in credit conditions e. checking the size of the federal budget deficit
Suppose Cournot duopolist firms operate with each having a cost of 30qi (i = 1,2 ) so that each firm's marginal cost is 30. The inverse market demand curve is P = 120 - Q where Q = q1 + q2. Suppose there were no barriers to entry and firms continued to enter so long as there were positive economic profits. At the Nash-Cournot equilibrium, the total output, Q, is
A) 30. B) 45. C) 60. D) 90.
The tradeoff exhibited by the short-run Phillips curve is
A) higher price level with lower real GDP. B) lower inflation with lower unemployment. C) changing inflation with constant unemployment. D) higher inflation with higher unemployment. E) higher unemployment with lower inflation.