If the United States imports goods and services for a total of $45 billion, exports goods and services for a total of $40 billion, records $4 billion as net interest and zero as net transfers, then the U.S. current account balance is

Competition for votes between two political parties will cause those parties to

A) produce quite different policy proposals. B) have very similar policy proposals. C) find ways to clearly distinguish themselves in order to give voters a clear choice. D) a and c E) none of the above

Refer to the figure below. In response to gradually falling inflation, this economy will eventually move from its short-run equilibrium to its long-run equilibrium. Graphically, this would be seen as 

A. long-run aggregate supply shifting leftward B. Short-run aggregate supply shifting upward C. Short-run aggregate supply shifting downward D. Aggregate demand shifting leftward