If a hurricane were to wipe out the majority of the eastern seaboard in the United States, it would likely cause a:
A. short-run supply shock.
B. long-run supply shock.
C. long-run demand shock.
D. short-run demand shock.
Answer: B
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Suppose Island Bikes, a profit-maximizing firm, is the only bike rental company in a small resort town. The marginal cost to Island Bikes of renting out a bike is $3, and Island Bikes has no fixed costs. Each day Island Bikes has six potential customers, whose reservations prices are listed below.CustomerReservation Price($/Rental)A22B16C12D8E6F4 Suppose Island Bikes knows that customers whose reservation prices are at least $10 always rent bikes before noon, while those whose reservation prices are below $10 never do so. If Island bikes can charge a different price in the morning and in the afternoon, then in the afternoon, it will rent out ________ bike(s) and charge ________ per bike.
A. 5; $10 B. 1; $8 C. 3; $4 D. 2; $6
Nominal GDP can change
A) only if prices change. B) only if the quantities of goods and services change. C) only if prices increase. D) if either prices or the quantities of goods and services change. E) only if prices and the quantities of the goods and services change.
In the presence of Regulation Q, when interest rates would rise, _____
a. the transaction demand for money in the economy would increase b. people would invest in the bond markets c. the economy would grow faster d. people would withdraw money from banks seeking higher interest rates elsewhere e. the U.S. dollar would depreciate
Refer to the diagram that applies to a private closed economy. If gross investment is I g1 , the equilibrium GDP and the level of consumption will be:
A. H and HB respectively.
B. J and JI respectively.
C. J and JK respectively.
D. H and HF respectively.