Refer to Figure 24-4. Given the economy is at point A in year 1, what is the difference between the actual growth rate in GDP in year 2 and the potential growth rate in GDP in year 2?
A) 0.3% B) 1.1% C) 2.7% D) 3.7%
C
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Which of the following statements is correct?
A) The markup pricing rule that is derived from the rule for profit maximization can be used as a substitute for determining the profit-maximizing level of output by equating marginal revenue and marginal cost. B) It is reasonable to assume that a profit-maximizing firm will never operate in the inelastic portion of its demand curve. C) The ability of a profit-maximizing firm to mark up price above average cost is unaffected by the price elasticity of demand for the firm's output. D) The markup factor and the price elasticity of demand are positively related, i.e., as the price elasticity of demand increases, the markup factor that the profit-maximizing firm can apply to its marginal cost in setting price increases as well.
A financial panic was averted in October 1987 following "Black Monday" when the Fed announced that
A) it was lowering the discount rate. B) it would provide discount loans to any bank that would make loans to the security industry. C) it stood ready to purchase common stocks to prevent a further slide in stock prices. D) it was raising the discount rate.
If prices and wages adjusted rapidly and producers could quickly distinguish the difference between a change in the price level and a change in the relative price of their products, then an increase in the money supply growth rate would have at most a very short-lived affect on unemployment
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
If the economy is represented in the graph shown and is currently at point E2, what could be said about the state of the economy?
A. The unemployment rate is just about the natural rate. B. There is lower unemployment than the natural rate. C. The unemployment rate is zero. D. There is higher unemployment than the natural rate.