Initially, workers in the shoe industry and the computer industry earn the same wage. Reductions in trade barriers give domestic consumers access to cheaper shoes produced abroad, so domestic shoe prices fall. At the same time, foreign consumers purchase more computers, raising the relative price of computers. As a result of these changes, wages in the shoe industry ________ and wages in the computer industry ________.
A. increase; increase
B. decrease; increase
C. increase; decrease
D. decrease; decrease
Answer: B
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Assume that the government increases spending and finances the expenditures by borrowing in the domestic capital markets. If the nation has low mobility international capital markets and a flexible exchange rate system, what happens to the real GDP and reserve-related (central bank) transactions in the context of the Three-Sector-Model?
a. Real GDP falls, and reserve-related (central bank) transactions become more negative (or less positive). b. Real GDP falls and reserve-related (central bank) transactions remain the same. c. Real GDP and reserve-related (central bank) transactions remain the same. d. Real GDP rises, and reserve-related (central bank) transactions remain the same. e. There is not enough information to determine what happens to these two macroeconomic variables.
Advertising intended to reach as many consumers as possible, typically through television, newspaper, or magazine ads is referred to as
A. interactive advertising. B. direct marketing. C. subliminal advertising. D. mass marketing.
The economy pictured in the figure has a(n) ________ gap with a short-run equilibrium combination of inflation and output indicated by point ________. 
A. recessionary; A B. recessionary; C C. recessionary; B D. expansionary; A