In September 2008, the Reserve Primary Fund, a money market mutual fund, found itself in the situation know as "breaking the buck." This means that
A) they could no longer afford to redeem shares at the par value of $1.
B) they required shareholders to contribute a dollar more in fees each month.
C) shareholders were able to redeem shares for more than a $1.
D) shares earned more than a dollar in interest.
A
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By international standards, the household saving rate of the United States:
A. has always been very high. B. was extremely high until the 1980s. C. has not ever really been high. D. was low through the 1970s and 1980s, but increased throughout the 1990s to become one of the highest.
If a bank lends funds in the form of cash, then:
a. M2 stays the same, but M1 rises. b. M1 and M2 fall. c. M1 and M2 do not change. d. M2 rises, and M1 falls. e. M1 and M2 rise.
A tax that fell very heavily on the rich and the upper middle class might shift the Lorenz curve from
A. J to K.
B. K to L.
C. L to K.
D. I to J.
Many argue the poor are getting poorer, at least in a relative sense. Evidence that contradicts this is that
A) household income of the lowest twenty percent of households relative to the highest twenty percent of households has fallen over the last thirty years. B) the official poverty level of income has increased over the years. C) household spending of the lowest twenty percent of households relative to the highest twenty percent of households has held constant over the last thirty years. D) the pretax distribution of income is more equal than the after-tax distribution of income.