Which of the following statements is true of rational expectations?
A) Rational expectations forecasts are always correct.
B) For a trader with rational expectations, the expectation of an asset's price equals the optimal price forecast.
C) If traders have rational expectations, any announcement by a company will have an effect on its stock price, even if the market was already aware of the facts being announced.
D) If a trader really has rational expectations, he or she was always earn a greater than normal return on his or her financial portfolio.
B
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The regular earnings profile of an individual throughout his or her lifetime is
A) the Lorenz curve. B) the age-earnings cycle. C) wealth. D) income-in-kind.
During 1980-2005, the developing countries that moved most rapidly toward economic freedom
a. achieved higher rates of economic growth, but the reductions in their poverty rates were smaller than those for countries that were less free. b. grew less rapidly, but the reductions in the poverty rates were greater than those achieved in countries that were less free. c. experienced both slower rates of economic growth and smaller reductions in poverty rates than countries that were less free. d. experienced both more rapid rates of economic growth and larger reductions in poverty rates than countries that were less free.
Consider the hypothetical information in the table above for potential real GDP, real GDP, and the price level in 2016 and in 2017 if the Federal Reserve does not use monetary policy. If the Fed uses monetary policy successfully to keep real GDP at its potential level in 2017, which of the following will be higher than if the Fed had taken no action?
A) Real GDP and then inflation rate B) real GDP and the unemployment rate C) real GDP and potential GDP D) potential GDP and the inflation rate
__________ sees the entrepreneur as an exploiter of labor.
A. Joseph Schumpeter B. Frank Knight C. Henry George D. Karl Marx