Tag: Economics – Others

According to the Keynesian framework, which of the following may help a country reduce inflation?
Question 8 options:
a) an increase in military spending
b) a decrease in military spending
c) increase in spending by the government on health care
d) a decrease in federal taxes

Part 1Which of the following would increase the unemployment​ rate?
Part 2
A.an increase in unemployment insurance payments
B.a cut in unemployment compensation
C.a law making it illegal to work more than 35 hours per week
D.a decrease in the minimum wage

Since 1982, the Federal Reserve has:
pursued a passive monetary policy.
pursued a discretionary monetary policy, which has led to large swings in the money supply.
pursued a discretionary monetary policy, which has stabilized interest rates.
abandoned interest rate targeting.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers first became involved in flood control engineering throughout the U.S. following which major flood?
1993 Mississippi River
1999 Hurricane Floyd, North Carolina
1972 Hurricane Agnes, Susquehanna River
1938 Los Angeles basin
1913 Ohio River

If the demand curve for product B shifts to the left as the price of product A increases, it can be concluded that:*A and B are substitute goods.A and B are complementary goods.A is an inferior good and B is a superior good.A is a superior good and B is an inferior good.

◻ the occurrence of more people living in an area than its natural and human resources can support, was one reason why China’s leaders took political action to slow their country’s growing population.
Immigration
Overpopulation
Population momentum
Emigration
Crude death rate

The Federal Reserve has been criticized for __________ as a result of the financial crisis of 2008-2009.
contracting the money supply too much
expanding the money supply too much
not being aggressive enough with regard to monetary policy

If the company has some fixed cost as sales increase, then a blank of sales dollars flows to the bottom line if these costs are truly fixed and do not very with production or sales,

Consider a market served by a monopolistic firm a a new firm be in the market and as a result for a lower price to try to drive firm be out of the market this practice is known as a where you sell, practice maintenance, be predatory, tying sea, tying or predatory pricing

National income:a.​is a measure of the income earned by owners of resources used in making final goods and services.b.​is a measure of the income received by persons after taxes.c.​equals aggregate income minus the statistical discrepancy.d.​equals GDP minus depreciation.