The most common type of interest-rate swap is

An increase in the interest rate leads to:

a. an increase in planned inventories. b. an increase in GDP. c. an increase in unplanned inventories. d. an increase in consumption. e. none of the above.

If natural gas is replaced by solar power as a more efficient form of energy, we should expect _____

a. a leftward shift of the aggregate supply curve b. higher production prices at every output level c. a decline in the growth of total output d. a decrease in the stock of energy-efficient capital goods e. an increase in total factor productivity