Core CPI is
a. the CPI including only food, clothing, and energy.
b. the CPI including only food and energy
c. the CPI excluding food, clothing, and energy.
d. the CPI excluding food and energy.
d
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Macroeconomic variables that the Fed cannot control directly but can influence fairly predictably, and which are related to the Fed's goals, are known as
A) instruments. B) tools. C) intermediate targets. D) initial targets.
When people refuse to pay down debt with their savings:
A. they are forgetting that money is fungible. B. they will be poorer in the long run. C. they are acting irrationally. D. All of these are true.
The PE ratio for a stock is
A) the predicted earnings per share of the stock divided by its current yield. B) the current yield of the stock. C) the price of the stock divided by its earnings per share. D) the predicted volatility of the stock.
We are given the individual demand curves for all of the people that consume ice cream. Which statement is TRUE about the market demand curve for ice cream?
A) The market demand curve is obtained by horizontally summing the individual demand curves. B) The market demand curve is obtained by vertically summing the individual demand curves. C) The market demand curve cannot be obtained because information on prices is missing. D) The market demand curve cannot be obtained from individual demand curves.