The Federal Open Market Committee consists of:
a. the 12-member Board of Governors.
b. seven members of the Board of Governors and five district presidents.
c. the president of the New York district bank and the members of the Council of Economic Advisers.
d. the chairman of the Board of Governors and five district presidents.
e. seven members of the Board of Governors and a nine-member board of directors of the district banks.
b
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Assume an industry, currently dominated by one firm, experiences a large decline in fixed costs. This will
A) make entry of other firms more likely. B) make entry of other firms less likely. C) serve as higher barrier to entry. D) induce the incumbent firm to exit the industry.
Graphically, an increase in the market demand for coffee is shown by:
a. a rightward movement along the market demand curve for coffee. b. a rightward shift in the market demand curve for coffee c. a leftward movement along the market demand curve for coffee. d. a leftward shift in the market demand curve for coffee.
Currently an economy is producing at a point on its production possibilities frontier for goods X and Y. It is producing 100 units of good X and the opportunity cost of producing 1X is 3Y. If good X is produced at increasing opportunity costs, then when the economy produces 120 units of good X (on the same PPF) the opportunity cost of producing 1X could be ______Y.
What will be an ideal response?
Indicate whether each of the following situations would shift the supply curve to the left, to the right, or not at all
a. An increase in the price of an input b. An increase in productivity c. An increase in the price of a substitute in production d. A decrease in the expected future price of a product e. A decrease in the current price of the product