"To count as required reserves, the reserves must be on deposit at the bank's district Federal Reserve Bank." Is the previous statement correct or incorrect?

What will be an ideal response?


The statement is incorrect. Currency held in the bank's vault also counts as reserves.

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Suppose potential GDP is $100 billion and the natural unemployment rate is 5 percent. If the unemployment rate is 6 percent, then according to Okun's Law real GDP is

A) $102 billion. B) $98 billion. C) $101 billion. D) $99 billion. E) $100 billion.

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Which of the following statements is TRUE about taxes?

A) Taxes always create more deadweight loss than do price ceilings and price floors. B) Taxes decrease both consumer surplus and producer surplus while creating a deadweight loss. C) Government revenue from a tax is always greater than the loss of producer surplus and consumer surplus. D) Both answers A and C are correct.

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Which of the following statements is NOT a reason that the cost of a college education is greater for the low-productivity group than for the high-productivity group?

A) The wages they give up by going to college instead of working will tend to be higher for them. B) They may have to pay for tutoring services or other extra help to accomplish the same educational goal. C) They may have to take remedial classes, which would increase the length of time it takes to accomplish the same goal. D) Even if they take no remedial classes, they may have to spend more time studying for each class, and the value of their leisure time needs to be considered in the calculation. E) Based on previous signaling, such as from their high school grades or SATs, they may receive less merit-based financial assistance, and thus be under a greater financial strain during their college years.

Economics

The act of selling goods abroad at a price below their cost and below the price charged in the domestic market is called

A) dumping. B) slumping. C) export manipulation. D) constraining. E) none of the above

Economics