Other things constant, a rise in the number of unskilled immigrants tends to
A) reduce income inequality.
B) increase income inequality.
C) have no effect on income inequality.
D) initially reduce income inequality, but then increase it because immigrants steal jobs from citizens.
B
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Given the following data for the economy, compute the value of GDP.Government purchases of goods and services10Consumption Expenditures70Exports5Imports12Change in inventories-7Construction of new homes and apartments15Sales of existing homes and apartments22Government payments to retirees17Business fixed investment9
A. 56 B. 141 C. 83 D. 90
Consider the demand curves for soft drinks shown in the figure above. Initially the economy is at point a. If people come to expect that the price of a soft drink will increase in the future, there will be a movement to a point such as
A) none of the points illustrated. B) b. C) c. D) d.
Opportunity cost represents the aggregate value of the various alternatives that must be given up when a choice is made in the context of scarcity
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
When economists say that banks must hold a percentage of their total deposits in reserve form, what does this mean?
A) It means that banks must hold a fraction of their customers' deposits either as bank deposits at the Federal Reserve, or as vault cash, or both. B) It means that banks reserve the right to turn away customers a certain percentage of the time. C) It means that the fraction of vault cash a bank has cannot be greater than the fraction of bank deposits (it has) at the Federal Reserve. D) Essentially, it means that total reserves are greater than required reserves. E) none of the above