What is the central role of financial intermediaries in a market economy?

A) keeping the price level stable
B) bringing together savers and borrowers
C) providing safe deposit boxes for people and businesses
D) the creation and printing of money


B

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A. 5 B. 7 C. 3 D. 4

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The amount of deposits that banks must hold in reserve is

A) excess reserves. B) required reserves. C) total reserves. D) vault cash.

Economics

Suppose Always There Wireless serves 100 high-demand wireless consumers, who each have a monthly demand curve for wireless minutes of QdH = 200 - 100P, and 300 low-demand consumers, who each have a monthly demand curve for wireless minutes of QdL = 100 - 100P, where P is the per-minute price in dollars. The marginal cost is $0.25 per minute. Suppose Always There Wireless charges $0.35 per minute. If Always There Wireless charges the highest fixed fee that it can without losing the low-demand consumers, what is Always There Wireless's total profit?

A. $11,250 C. $11,050 D. $8,450

Economics

If an economy's actual GDP exceeds its potential GDP, _____

a. wages and prices must fall b. self-correcting forces will shift the SRAS curve to the left c. self-correcting forces will shift the AD curve to the left d. inflation will occur when AD shifts to the left e. unemployment is likely to be unusually high

Economics