According to the Taylor rule, if inflation has risen by 6 percentage points above its target of 2 percent, the Fed should:
A. grow the money supply at a rate of 6 percent per year.
B. raise the real federal funds rate by 6 percentage points.
C. raise the real federal funds rate by 3 percentage points.
D. raise the real federal funds rate by 12 percentage points.
C. raise the real federal funds rate by 3 percentage points.
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The Arrow impossibility theorem suggests
A) democracies are doomed to fail in the long-run. B) dictatorships are impossible in the long-run. C) there is no universally applicable decision rule in a majority-rule democracy. D) there is no way to make democracy better than a dictatorship.
Part of the normal aftermath of a period of excessive aggregate demand is
a. improvement in the quality of life. b. reflation. c. real GDP growth. d. stagflation. e. All of the above.
A moral hazard problem occurs before a loan is made, and the adverse selection problem occurs after a loan is made
Indicate whether the statement is true or false