Assume that the central bank lowers the discount to increase the nation's monetary base. If the nation has highly mobile international capital markets and a fixed exchange rate system, what happens to the real risk-free interest rate and real GDP in the context of the Three-Sector-Model? State your answer after the macroeconomic system returns to complete equilibrium.
a. The real risk-free
interest rate rises and real GDP falls.
b. The real risk-free interest rate falls and real GDP rises.
c. The real risk-free interest rate rises and real GDP remains the same.
d. The real risk-free interest rate and real GDP remain the same.
e. There is not enough information to determine what happens to these two macroeconomic variables.
.D
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A) $0.75. B) $48. C) $2. D) $14.
The English system of market overt and fairs
(a) were initially transferred to American shores where goods and services could be bought and sold legally without an official witness (b) flourished in the late colonial economy because of their foundation of protective regulations. (c) replaced the rule of caveat emptor in colonial America because they covered fraud. (d) firmly planted themselves in colonial America and continue to guide market transactions today.
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b. Firms are aware that their own economic behavior will influence the decisions of rivals. c. There are few barriers to entry. d. Firms choose price and output independently from the decisions made by competitors.
If workers always see inflation coming, and if they demand wage increases in advance so that inflation does not erode real wages, then the economy’s aggregate supply curve on the AD–AS diagram will
A. be a vertical line corresponding to potential GDP. B. be a horizontal line corresponding to potential GDP. C. slope downward. D. slope upward.