The consumer price index (CPI) is a measure of inflation for

A) farmers.
B) an elderly couple recently retired to Yuma, Arizona.
C) Apple Computer.
D) a typical consumer of the market basket used to calculate the index.


D

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A) The current account must be greater than the capital and financial account. B) The sum of all three accounts is always zero. C) The official settlements account is typically larger than both the capital and financial account and the current account. D) Typically the capital and financial account is near zero because it equals the difference between the current account and the official settlements account.

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Foreign exchange reserves are critical to an effective floating exchange rate system

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Stephanie has decided to eat lunch between classes. She has ranked her choices, from highest to lowest as, (1 ) turkey sandwich, (2 ) tuna sandwich, (3 ) slice of cheese pizza, (4 ) cheeseburger. The opportunity cost of the eating turkey sandwich is

A) the combined value of the tuna sandwich, slice of cheese pizza and cheeseburger. B) the value of tuna sandwich, the next best choice. C) the value of the cheeseburger. D) zero since she has satisfied a want.

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The combining of First Union National Bank and The National Bank of Memphis is an example of

A) a vertical merger. B) a horizontal merger. C) a downstream formation. D) a conglomerate merger.

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