Other things being equal, what is the effect of deficit spending on interest rates?
A) Interest rates decline.
B) Interest rates rise.
C) Interest rates hold constant because the demand for credit decreases.
D) There is no impact unless the Federal Reserve decides to alter the money supply.
Ques. 2Prices provide the rationing function best when
A) prices are flexible.
B) prices are inflexible.
C) they are used in conjunction with queuing.
D) price controls are in place and ration coupons are used too.
Ques. 3Graphically, economic growth is represented as
A) a movement along the production possibilities curve.
B) a movement from a point inside the production possibilities curve to a point on the curve itself.
C) an inward shift of the production possibilities curve.
D) an outward shift of the production possibilities curve.
Ques. 4A model is used to explain economic behavior. Therefore
A) the assumptions must be complex while the model itself is simple.
B) the model must be complex.
C) the model must be simple.
D) the model can be either simple or complex so long as it explains economic behavior.
Ques. 5External costs can be defined as
A) the cost associated with private production, but partially borne by society.
B) the sum of all private production costs.
C) the cost of running the federal government.
D) the cost of providing all public goods and services.
Ques. 6Refer to the above figure for a particular good. The rightward shift of the curve could have been caused by
A) a decrease in the price of an input.
B) a decrease in the price of that good.
C) an increase in the price of a complementary good.
D) an increase in the price of a substitute good.
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