If rapid increases in oil prices caused price levels to increase and real GDP to decrease in the short run, the economy would experience
A) an increase in the natural rate of unemployment.
B) stagflation.
C) long-run economic decline.
D) hyperinflation.
B
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Suppose the table below describes the relationship between price and quantity demanded for a monopolist.QuantityPrice1$102$93$84$75$66$57$48$3 The marginal revenue of the fifth unit of output is:
A. $2. B. $30. C. -$2. D. $6.
The marginal benefit of a taco is measured by
A) the price of the taco. B) the amount of another good a person is willing to give up to get one more taco. C) the amount of another good a person must give up to get one more taco. D) a point on the PPF. E) the opportunity cost of producing another taco.
In calculating gross domestic product, the Bureau of Economic Analysis uses the sum of the market value of final goods and services produced. This means that the BEA
A) values goods at their market prices, multiplies them by the quantity produced, and then adds them up. B) values goods and services at their market prices, multiplies them by the quantity produced, and then adds them up. C) simply counts the total number of goods and services produced in the marketplace and then adds them up. D) simply counts the total number of goods produced in the market place and then adds them up.
An indifference diagram has movies on the vertical axis and sodas on the horizontal axis. As the consumption of sodas increases, the marginal rate of substitution ________ and the indifference curve becomes ________
A) falls; flatter B) falls; steeper C) rises; flatter D) rises; steeper