Ceteris paribus, expanding loans made by the commercial banking system:
a. changes the composition, but not the magnitude, of the money supply.
b. decreases the money supply
c. increases the money supply.
d. would help to stabilize an economy experiencing rapid inflation.
c
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A mother of three who receives $600 a month in total welfare benefits if she is not working, but who loses all those benefits and also pays 10 percent of her earnings to the tax collector if she takes a job paying $1000 a month, is being taxed on her
earnings at an effective marginal rate of A) 10 percent. B) 30 percent. C) 50 percent. D) 70 percent.
In the principal-agent relationship, the principal is
A) the person who is placed in control over resources that are not his own and agrees to compensate the resource owner in the event of outcomes that do not satisfy the resource owner. B) the person who places his resources in professional hands in exchange for the professional's promise to act on the resource owner's behalf. C) the owner of a resource that has hired a third party to act in the best interest of that third party. D) the person who is placed in control over resources that are not his own, with a contractual obligation to use these resources in the interests of some other party.
The Nash equilibrium of this game is for Happy Feet to ________ and Best Nails to ________.
Happy Feet wants to prevent Best Nails from entering the nail salon market. The above game tree illustrates the different strategies and corresponding payoffs for the two firms. Both Happy Feet and Best Nails have the same strategies of advertising (Ad) or not advertising (No Ad). The payoffs represent net profit in millions.
A) Ad; No Ad
B) No Ad; Ad
C) Ad; Ad
D) No Ad; No Ad
The annuity factor ________ by the amount of the annual payment equals the ________ value of payments for the specified number of years at the specified discount rate.
A) multiplied; future B) divided; present C) divided; future D) multiplied; present