In November 2008, the Fed began its first round of quantitative easing. In total, the Fed conducted ________ rounds of quantitative easing before ending the program in October 2014
A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 5
B
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Suppose you rent an apartment and are worried about a break-in that results in theft of your property. Suppose your monthly consumption level is currently $4,000 but a break-in would result in you having to finance your purchase of replacement property -- and this would reduce your current consumption to $2,000 per month. There is a 10% chance of a break-in. a. On a graph with "consumption" on the horizontal and "utility" on the vertical axis, illustrate a utility/consumption relationship that is consistent with risk averse tastes. b. On your graph, illustrate the utility in the "good" state, the utility in the "bad" state and the expected utility of facing the gamble. c. Which of these changes when the probability of a break-in increases to 20%?
d. A renter's insurance policy consists of a premium p and a benefit level b. What is (b,p) for full, actuarily fair insurance before and after the increase in risk? e. True or False: You are more likely to buy actuarily fair full insurance after the increase in risk than before. What will be an ideal response?
The expected real interest rate approximately equals
A) the nominal interest rate minus the tax rate. B) the nominal interest rate minus the expected rate of inflation. C) the nominal interest rate plus the expected rate of inflation. D) the yield to maturity on a coupon bond held to maturity.
Demonstrate that whether you would prefer to have $225 today or wait five years for $300 depends on the interest rate. Show your work
Use the following information to answer the next question.SecurityAmount (in billions)Treasury bills$220Corporate bonds140Treasury notes80Corporate stock200U.S. savings bonds60Treasury bonds100Other things equal, an increase of Treasury bonds from $100 billion to $120 billion in the economy would
A. not change the size of the public debt. B. increase the public debt from $400 billion to $420 billion. C. decrease the public debt by $20 billion. D. increase the public debt from $460 billion to $480 billion.