The real rate of interest equals 5.0 percent and the anticipated rate of inflation is 3.0 percent. What does the nominal rate of interest? equal?


Ans: 8.0?%.

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In the figure above, the United States ________ helicopters per year

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Refer to the diagram. If a firm produces output Q 1 at a unit cost of b, then the:



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B.  firm may or may not be maximizing profits.
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