For this question, assume that the Fed sets monetary policy according to the Taylor rule. Suppose current U.S. macroeconomic conditions are represented by the following: ? = ??* and u < un. Given this information, we would expect that the Fed will
A) implement a monetary contraction.
B) implement a monetary expansion.
C) maintain its current stance of monetary policy.
D) more information is need to answer this question.
A
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a. "price wars" are rarely observed in actual markets. b. when used as a warning to potential rivals, predation has minimal value. c. buy-outs are less costly than predation and have no offsetting disadvantages. d. firms can easily counter predation by "laying low" or borrowing funds.
Last year the CPI was 177.1 and this year the CPI is 180.9. What was the inflation rate between these two years?
What will be an ideal response?
A risk averse individual
a. values a lottery at more than its expected value b. values a lottery at exactly its expected value c. values a lottery at less than its expected value d. tends to play lots of lotteries
It is true that a stable economy occurs when
a. total injections into the circular flow are large enough to make up for government tax leakages. b. total leakages from the circular flow are great enough to offset the effects of government spending. c. total planned leakages from the circular flow are exactly equal to total planned injections into the circular flow. d. actual saving is equal to planned investment.