Helen gives up the opportunity to bake 40 cakes for each room she paints; Josh can paint one room in the time it takes him to bake 60 cakes. The opportunity cost of a cake for Helen is
a. painting one room
b. painting 1/40 of a room
c. painting 1/60 of a room
d. painting 2/3 of a room
e. painting 3/2 of a room
B
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Other things remaining the same, as the real interest rate increases,
A) firms will borrow more funds. B) firms' demand for funds will not change. C) the demand for loanable funds curve shifts leftward. D) firms will purchase new capital with its own funds instead of taking a loan. E) firms will borrow less funds.
The key difference between "quantitative easing" and "credit easing" is that ________
A) the goal of the former is to raise expected inflation B) the latter refers to a substantial change in the composition of the central bank's balance sheet C) the latter refers to a substantial expansion of the central bank's balance sheet D) the former is endorsed by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, while the latter was devised by Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe E) none of the above