Which of the following was not a cause of the Great Recession?
a. Deregulating nationally chartered banks but not state-chartered banks.
b.Government incentives to increase home ownership.
c. Government encouragement of creative home-buying strategies.
d. Relaxation of bank underwriting standards.
e. All of the above were causes of the Great Recession.
.A
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Where there are internal economies of scale, the scale of production possible in a country is constrained by
A) the size of the domestic plus the foreign market. B) the size of the country. C) the size of the trading partner's country. D) the size of the domestic market. E) the size of the foreign market.
Real consumption tends to be
A) procyclical and less variable than real GDP. B) procyclical and more variable than real GDP. C) countercyclical and less variable than real GDP. D) countercyclical and more variable than real GDP.
The aggregate demand curve differs from an individual demand curve in that
A) the aggregate demand curve may not slope down while an individual demand curve must always slope down. B) the aggregate demand curve looks at the entire circular flow of income and product, while an individual demand curve looks at one good, holding everything else constant. C) prices change along an individual demand curve but prices are held constant along an aggregate demand curve. D) the aggregate demand curve slopes up while an individual demand curve slopes down.
The problem for government policy makers of knowing just where the business cycle turning points are is important in implementing
a. a balanced budget b. sustained economic growth c. appropriate technology d. countercyclical fiscal policy e. inflationary and deflationary gaps