In calculating a price index, the period to which prices in all other periods are compared is known as the
a. comparison period.
b. average period.
c. current period.
d. base period.
d. base period.
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A good deal of iron ore is mined in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. What is the relationship between the demand for iron ore and the cost of mining operations in Michigan?
A) Changes in the demand for iron ore are caused directly by changes in the cost of iron mining. B) Changes in the costs of iron mining are caused by changes in the demand for iron ore. C) There is no significant relationship because the demand for iron ore is determined by many different people, while the cost of mining the ore is determined by business executives. D) Nobody knows.
Demands differ from wants because
A) demands are unlimited, whereas wants are limited by income. B) wants require a plan to acquire a good but demands require no such plan. C) wants imply a decision about which demands to satisfy, while demands involve no specific plan to acquire the good. D) demands reflect a decision about which wants to satisfy and a plan to buy the good, while wants are unlimited and involve no specific plan to acquire the good.
If the forward exchange rate of the dollar in terms of pounds is less than the spot exchange rate,
A) inflation must be lower in the United States than in Britain. B) inflation must be higher in the United States than in Britain. C) market participants must be expecting the dollar to appreciate against the pound. D) market participants must be expecting the dollar to depreciate against the pound.
Equilibrium in the Keynesian model is
a. quite stable, unless the government does something to throw it off balance. b. stable as long as planned injections are equal to planned leakages. c. not affected much by taxes or government spending. d. not a significant concept in Keynesian analysis.