In Year 1, the actual budget deficit was $200 billion and the cyclically-adjusted deficit was $150 billion. In Year 2, the actual budget deficit was $225 billion and the cyclically-adjusted deficit was $175 billion. It can be concluded that fiscal policy from Year 1 to Year 2 became more:
A. Proportional
B. Progressive
C. Contractionary
D. Expansionary
D. Expansionary
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A) variable-input-intensive method of production. B) labor-intensive method of production. C) technology-intensive method of production D) capital-intensive method of production.
Refer to the information below. What is the vertical intercept of the demand curve?
A small nation has three gasoline suppliers with a linear monthly market demand equal to: Q = 500,000 - 5P. Each firm's marginal cost (MC) and average total cost (ATC) curves are horizontal at $10,000 per month. A) 0.50 B) 100,000 C) 0.20 D) 500,000
The real discount rate and the nominal discount rate differ in their treatment of
A) risk. . B) market return. C) inflation. D) expected risk.
Suppose a ten firm industry has total sales of $35 million per year. The largest firm have sales of $10 million, the third largest firm has sales of $4 million, and the fourth largest firm has sales of $2 million
If fifth through tenth largest firms combined have annual sales of $12 million, the four-firm concentration ratio for this industry is A) 45.7 percent. B) 80 percent. C) 65.7 percent. D) none of the above.