Economies with sustained high inflation generally have

A) very low unemployment rates.
B) very low GDP growth rates.
C) high rates of business investment.
D) independent central banks.


B

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Use the LR curve to show what happens to output, the real interest rate, and the price level in the short run and in the long run if the government provides a tax credit to people who buy a new home, which leads to an increase in new housing

investment.

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A) the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 requires it to do so. B) the Fed controls intermediate targets only indirectly. C) the public is much more unfamiliar with the variables used as operating targets, so for policy to be effective intermediate targets must also be announced. D) if one set of targets proves ineffective in attaining policy goals, the other set is available.

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When states make car insurance mandatory for all drivers, it

A) raises rates for everyone because it brings bad drivers into the pool. B) raises rates for high-risk drivers. C) may lower rates for all drivers to the extent that it keeps low-risk drivers in the pool. D) prevents high-risk drivers from "selecting out," to the detriment of low-risk drivers. E) increases the amount of information available to insurers about the population.

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