Which of the following is the best example of causation? (versus correlation)?
A. Oil prices go up and gasoline prices go up.
B. Women's skirts get shorter and the stock market goes up.
C. The groundhog sees its shadow and winder lasts longer.
D Ice cream sales and the number of drownings.
A. Oil prices go up and gasoline prices go up.
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The end of the Cold War is generally marked by the fall of the Berlin Wall in
A) 1961. B) 1969. C) 1979. D) 1989. E) 1994.
The perpetual problem in economics is:
A. our inability to work together effectively. B. our inability to satisfy everyone's wants with the available resources. C. likely to be solved in resource-rich countries. D. our inability to utilize resources efficiently.
The portion of ________ that a bank does not loan out or spend on securities is known as ________
A) loans; reserves B) deposits; reserves C) deposits; securities D) loans; securities
Which of the following is an example of an expansionary fiscal policy?
A) the Fed selling government securities in the open market B) the federal government increasing the marginal tax rate on incomes above $200,000 C) the federal government increasing the amount of money spent on public health programs D) the federal government reducing pollution standards to allow firms to produce more output