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Question 36
4 S+ y4 C! ?9 V! o( oWhich of the following actions by the Federal Reserve is the most frequently used and which action would least likely be used for expansionary monetary policy?
9 R$ y$ ?; Y5 Z/ P1 c5 g& [Most frequently used Least likely expansionary, G p9 b6 I2 O) y
A) Open market operations Increasing the reserve requirement5 ]4 b- E E/ U' a1 n& K
B) Open market operations Decreasing the discount rate
* c! V7 x* P7 q# p, T% rC) Discount rate Increasing the reserve requirement
9 }" h& c. K& v1 {D) Discount rate Decreasing the discount rate
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Question 372 K9 M# |: L8 @
If a minimum wage is set above the equilibrium wage in the labor market, what is the most likely effect on labor supply?3 ^; B& [( p9 M7 r
A) Firms will use less than the economically efficient amount of capital.( x) o; L" v6 p# I1 T
B) There will be excess demand for labor and unemployment will decrease.
# H) {% P1 g1 W& m! E1 hC) The minimum wage will have no effect on the equilibrium.- d5 @( _. K2 U
D) There will be excess supply of labor and unemployment will increase.' w/ _( M5 k( J) v M
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Question 38
4 Z2 b: D# @8 \! zWhich of the following statements about price takers and price searchers is most accurate?
' j( E) r2 e9 h' L0 g* }A) In the long run, both price takers and price searchers maximize profits at the quantity corresponding to the minimum point on the average total cost curve.7 v5 S+ U3 h4 y. M8 t- g
B) Price takers maximize profits at the point price = marginal revenue = marginal cost.
, D7 L7 A* a2 W" J; CC) In the long run, both price takers and price searchers will have zero economic profits.5 k0 W& L8 f2 Q! e
D) The potential allocative inefficiency of a price searcher engaged in monopolistic competition includes the social cost of producing where price = marginal cost.
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Question 39/ r9 V5 `3 t% j3 j2 y8 o
A generational imbalance is best described as:
" p5 Q/ Y4 q- n- `- QA) accounting for the taxes owed by and the benefits owed to each generation.6 i# S' {$ H0 C/ {8 y; Y9 m+ F
B) the present value of future government deficits and how future generations deal with this problem.+ p# M3 Y9 d$ o5 [5 y
C) a difference between the present value of government benefits promised to current taxpayers and the taxes paid by current taxpayers.
* v( n9 u; @6 m$ _D) one generation being promised more government benefits than another generation.
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* Y! L( d$ E) n7 |+ b' OQuestion 40
( l5 B2 Z6 y( uIf the government regulates a natural monopoly and enforces an average cost pricing, what are the effects on output quantity and price compared to an unregulated natural monopoly?2 a1 V/ g+ q, f. j
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A) Increase Decrease- M+ H0 w" u$ T
B) Increase Increase9 \8 e" u7 }# e9 K9 G0 v1 M: `# c4 L
C) Decrease Increase
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