If the interest rate rises, a profit-maximizing firm will tend to
A. invest in more projects (such as new plants) with payoffs in the future.
B. invest in fewer projects with payoffs in the future.
C. increase both current output and future output.
D. reduce both current output and future output.
Answer: B
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The declining trend in the currency-deposit ratio during 2007-2014 can be explained by
A) the increased holdings of U.S. currency by foreigners. B) bank panics. C) a drop in the rate of interest paid on checking deposits. D) the increasing use of debit cards.
If the prices of financial assets follow a random walk, then
A) they should be easy to forecast, provided market participants have rational expectations. B) they should be easy to forecast, provided market participants have adaptive expectations. C) the change in price from one trading period to the next is not predictable. D) major traders in the market must not be making use of all available information about the assets.
People sometimes act differently in different settings. An economist is likely to explain this by saying
A) the benefits and costs of certain behaviors can be different in different settings. B) people are hard to figure out. C) people behave as others behave. D) it is hard to figure out what makes people tick. E) none of the above
The price of a given basket of goods in Year 1 was $1,300. The price of the same basket of goods in Year 2 was $1,560. The CPI for Year 2 taking Year 1 as the base year is ________.
A) 101 B) 120 C) 156 D) 100