Which of the following is NOT an accurate description of open market operations prior to 2008?
A) It was used to affect the market for bank reserves.
B) It was used to control the federal funds rate.
C) It involved buying and selling of short-term Treasury securities.
D) It involved buying and selling long-term securities.
D
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Which of the following areas of study typifies macroeconomics as opposed to microeconomics?
a. the effects of rent control on the availability of housing in New York City b. the economic impact of tornadoes on cities and towns in Oklahoma c. how tariffs on shoes affects the shoe industry d. the effect on the economy of changes in the nation's unemployment rate
Refer to the information provided in Figure 2.5 below to answer the question(s) that follow.
Figure 2.5Refer to Figure 2.5. For this economy to move from Point C to Point B, ________ additional LCD TVs could be produced when the production of OLED TVs is reduced by 20.
A. exactly 30 B. exactly 60 C. fewer than 30 D. more than 30
One part of the explanation for the persistently high rates of unemployment in Western Europe is:
A. labor market rigidities. B. productivity growth. C. increases in labor supply. D. increases in labor demand.
The opportunity cost of obtaining more of one good is shown on the production possibilities frontier as the
a. amount of the other good that must be given up. b. market price of the additional amount produced. c. amount of resources that must be devoted to its production. d. number of dollars that must be spent to produce it.