In economics, "real interest rate" can best be described as
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the nominal interest rate adjusted for expected inflation
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Suppose the University of Oklahoma increases the price of student football tickets for the 2012 season by 30 percent. If the price elasticity of demand for student tickets is 1.22, the price increase leads to
A) a 36.6 percent decrease in the quantity demanded. B) a 30 percent decrease in the quantity demanded. C) a 1.22 percent decrease in the quantity demanded. D) a 28.78 percent decrease in the quantity demanded. E) no change in the quantity demanded.
Suppose that a firm earned $500,000 in total revenue. At the same time, it incurred labor costs of $200,000; economic depreciation of $50,000; normal profit of $75,000; interest paid to the bank of $25,000; and used other factors of production that
cost $100,000. The economic profit earned by the firm equals A) $275,000. B) $175,000. C) $50,000. D) $200,000. E) $500,000.
Both theory and history point to a close relationship between increases in
a. labor demand and increases in labor supply. b. labor demand and decreases in real wages. c. the productivity of labor and increases in real wages. d. interest rates and decreases in real wages.
Consumption spending is $16 million, planned investment spending is $4 million, unplanned investment spending is $2 million, government purchases are $6 million, and net export spending is $1 million. What is aggregate expenditure?
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