In 2008 if the poverty line had been set higher, the poverty rate would have been _______.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
higher
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Exhibit 36-2 Stock High Low Close Net chg. Dasher 17.25 16.75 17.00 (A) Dancer 34.85 34.25 (B) +0.25 Prancer 56.50 55.90 56.00 (C) Vixen 65.90 (D) 64.75 -0.75 Refer to Exhibit 36-2. If the closing price of Dancer's stock on the previous day was $34.25, what value goes in blank (B)?
A. 34.85 B. 34.00 C. 34.75 D. 34.50 E. There is not enough information given to answer this question.
Economists believe that entrepreneurs, whether they can articulate their behavior or not, always think about ________, which explains their MC = MR profit-maximizing activity
a. minimizing ATC b. maximizing revenue c. the consequences of producing the next unit d. maximizing output e. doing better than breaking even
If the Federal Reserve announces that its target for the federal funds rate is rising from 4 percent to 4.25 percent, how do you expect workers and firms to react?
A) If the Fed's announcement is not credible, workers and firms will not expect inflation to fall so they will reduce their consumption and investment spending, which will increase aggregate demand and reduce inflation. B) As long as the Fed's announcement is credible, workers and firms will reduce their consumption and investment spending, which will reduce aggregate demand and reduce inflation. C) As long as the Fed's announcement is credible, workers and firms will increase their consumption and investment spending, which will increase aggregate demand and inflation. D) Workers and firms will incorporate the increase in interest rates into their expectations of inflation, and they will expect inflation to rise as a result of Fed's policy announcement.
Sample selection bias occurs when
A) the choice between two samples is made by the researcher. B) data are collected from a population by simple random sampling. C) samples are chosen to be small rather than large. D) the availability of the data is influenced by a selection process that is related to the value of the dependent variable.