Which of the following would be included in the consumption component of total expenditure in the United States?
a. A citizen buying a new apartment in Colorado
b. A citizen paying rent for an apartment in New York
c. NASA buying a new satellite launch vehicle from another country
d. The U.S. government selling submarines to another country
b
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In a Bertrand model with differentiated products,
A) firms can set price above marginal cost. B) firms set price at marginal cost. C) price is independent of marginal cost. D) firms set price independently of one another.
Which of the following is NOT true for monopoly?
A) The profit maximizing output is the one at which marginal revenue and marginal cost are equal. B) Average revenue equals price. C) The profit maximizing output is the one at which the difference between total revenue and total cost is largest. D) The monopolist's demand curve is the same as the market demand curve. E) At the profit maximizing output, price equals marginal cost.
Every week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics produces data on unemployment
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following explains why the original Phillips curve relation disappeared or, as some economists have remarked, "broke down" in the 1970s?
A) Individuals assumed the expected price level for the current year would be equal to the actual price level from the previous year. B) Individuals assumed that expected inflation would be zero C) Individuals changed the way they formed expectations of inflation. D) Monetary policy became contractionary. E) More labor contracts became indexed to changes in inflation.