Government deficit financing is made easier by a p-percentage-point rise in inflation if it raises the nominal interest rate by ________ than p percentage points, and the private sector wishes to hold ________ quantity of real government bonds
A) less, a lower
B) less, the same
C) more, a lower
D) more, the same
B
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Starting from long-run equilibrium, an increase in autonomous consumption results in ________ output in the short run and ________ output in the long run.
A. higher; higher B. higher; potential C. lower; higher D. lower; potential
Suppose inflation is expected to be 5 percent next year, and you and your employer agree to a 6 percent increase in your nominal, or monetary, wage. If inflation turns out to be 5%, what is your nominal wage increase?
One of the weaknesses in pursuing the objective of profit maximization is that it ignores
A) the timing of cash flows. B) the time-value of money concept. C) the riskiness of cash flows. D) All of the above
Suppose, as a result of a long-run adjustment in a perfectly competitive industry to a change in demand, price and output both fell. Therefore, demand must have __________ in this __________ industry
a. fallen; increasing cost b. fallen; decreasing cost c. increased; increasing cost d. increased; decreasing costs e. decreased; constant cost