To be a natural monopoly, a firm must

a. control an essential natural resource input.
b. be very large.
c. have a continuously falling average cost curve as output rises.
d. have falling average costs over a substantial range of total market demand.

d

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A. The 12 regional Federal Reserve banks. B. The Executive Branch of government. C. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. D. The Fed Open Market Committee.

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Everything else held constant, a decrease in the currency ratio will mean ________ in the M1 money multiplier and ________ in the M2 money multiplier

A) an increase; an increase B) an increase; a decrease C) a decrease; an increase D) a decrease; a decrease

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