An open market purchase is where the Fed

What will be an ideal response?


Purchases government bonds from the public, thereby increasing the money supply.

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What are the main differences between neoclassical economics and behavioral economics?

a. Neoclassical economics is mainly theoretical. b. Behavioral economics does not take as given that decision makers are rational. c. Neoclassical economics assumes that decision makers are fully informed. d. All of the above.

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This country’s oil is mostly in sand deposits.

a. Canada b. US c. Mexico d. China

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If the real national output is less than the equilibrium real national output producers find

A. their inventories decreasing and expand their production. B. their inventories increasing and expand their production. C. their inventories decreasing and contract their production. D. their inventories increasing and contract their production.

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Refer to the given data, symbols, and assumptions. If migration is costless and unimpeded:



Symbols: Q = number of workers demanded; W = wage rate; and VTP = value of the cumulative total product (output) of the particular number of workers.
Assumptions: (1) The current wage in Zinnia is $20 and the current wage in Marigold is $12; (2) full employment exists in both countries.

A.  no migration will occur.
B.  migration will cause the wage in Marigold to fall.
C.  2 workers will move from Marigold to Zinnia.
D.  4 workers will move from Marigold to Zinnia.

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