The particular price that results in quantity supplied being equal to quantity demanded is the best price because it
a. maximizes costs of the seller.
b. maximizes tax revenue for the government.
c. maximizes the combined welfare of buyers and sellers.
d. minimizes the expenditure of buyers.
c
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Suppose the proportion of deposits that individuals wish to hold as cash were to rise from 5% to 10%. Then,
A) the money supply will rise because people have more cash. B) bank deposits will fall by the same amount as if the reserve-holding ratio had risen by 5 percentage points. C) the supply of high-powered money will rise because cash has risen. D) the money supply will change by the same amount as if the reserve-holding ratio had risen by 5 percentage points.
Which of the following is the most likely side effect of an increase in the relative size of the underground economy with the passage of time?
a. The growth rate of real GDP will tend to understate the growth rate of total output. b. The growth rate of real GDP will tend to overstate the growth rate of total output. c. The GDP deflator will tend to overstate any increase in inflation. d. The GDP deflator will tend to understate any increase in inflation.