Working with the life-cycle hypothesis, we find in a cross-section study of consumption that as income rises there is a growing proportion of ________ people and thus a ________ saving ratio

A) retired, rising
B) retired, falling
C) working, rising
D) working, falling


C

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The modern Keynesian approach to cure a recession might include

A. Expanding the money supply or reducing government spending. B. Contracting the money supply or reducing government spending. C. Contracting the money supply or increasing government spending. D. Expanding the money supply or increasing government spending.

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The paper money or currency in the United States essentially represents a(n)

A. liability  of the U.S. Treasury. B. liability of the Federal Reserve System. C. liability of commercial banks and savings institutions. D. asset of the Federal government.

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