The Federal Reserve System began operating in 1914, finally
(a) giving the U.S. its first 100 percent gold-backed paper money.
(b) creating a privately-owned system for clearing checks on a national scale.
(c) giving the U.S. its first government-owned central bank.
(d) giving the U.S. its first unified currency issue, the Federal Reserve Note.
(b)
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The figure above shows Sam's budget line. Which of the following would result in Sam's budget line shifting leftward and not changing its slope?
A) a decline in his preferences for both gasoline and coffee B) an equal percentage reduction in the prices of both a gallon of gasoline and a pound of coffee C) a decrease in Sam's income D) a fall in the ratio of the price of a gallon of gasoline to the price of a pound of coffee
Economists such as James Tobin and Paul Samuelson claimed that _________ provided solid evidence of the effectiveness of Keynesian policies
a. increases in deficit spending accompanied by extremely low unemployment during WWII b. increases in taxes accompanied by rising federal budget surpluses c. increases in the money supply accompanied by falling interest rates d. price controls accompanied by inflation
The amount of consumption in an economy depends:
a. Inversely on the level of saving b. Directly on the level of disposable income c. Inversely on the level of disposable income d. Directly on the rate of interest
According to the expectations theory of the term structure
A) when the yield curve is steeply upward sloping, short-term interest rates are expected to remain relatively stable in the future. B) when the yield curve is downward sloping, short-term interest rates are expected to remain relatively stable in the future. C) investors have strong preferences for short-term relative to long-term bonds, explaining why yield curves typically slope upward. D) yield curves should be equally likely to slope downward as slope upward.