Based solely on the graph showing the effective federal funds rate, if you were a borrower with the goal of locking in a thirty-year mortgage with a very low interest rate, which of the following years would have been the best one to take out your loan?
a. 1970
b. 1975
c. 1981
d. 2009
d. 2009
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Diminishing returns occurs because
A) consumers don't buy enough of the products produced. B) one of the inputs in the production process is fixed. C) not enough people have jobs. D) two people have not satisfied their self-interests.
Providers of health care insurance require applicants to provide information on their medical history. The purpose may be to minimize which of the following problems?
A) moral hazard B) adverse selection C) government taxes D) opportunity cost
A government regulation making it very difficult to fire workers will have what effect in the labor market?
a. Demand for workers will decrease. b. The number of people hired will increase. c. There will be no effect on the labor market. d. Companies will fire more people.
Suppose you plan on eating 50 potato chips. As you start consuming potato chips, your marginal utility is very high, but it begins to fall slowly until you’ve eaten 10 chips. After you have eaten 10 chips, your marginal utility decreases even faster with each additional chip. Marginal utility continues to decline until you’ve eaten 49 chips. The fiftieth chip does not give you any additional utility. After 50 chips, your mouth gets so salty that it is unpleasant to eat any more, so marginal utility is actually negative for those chips. How many chips should you eat in order to maximize your total utility?
a. 1 b. 10 c. 49 d. 51