What are resources? Describe two different types of resources
What will be an ideal response?
Resources are anything provided by nature or previous generations that can be used directly, or indirectly, to satisfy human wants. Capital resources include machinery, equipment, and structures used to produce other goods and services. Human resources include labor, skills, and knowledge. Products of nature can also be used as resources.
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Refer to Table 15-6. Suppose the table above illustrates the values of real and potential GDP and the price level if the Fed does not vote to change their current policy to be more contractionary or expansionary
If the Fed wants to keep real GDP at its potential level in 2017, should the Fed use a contractionary or expansionary policy? Should it raise or lower its interest rate target? How should it conduct open market operations to achieve its goal?
If the labor force in an economy is not fully employed, then
a. the economy is operating outside of its production possibilities frontier b. the economy is operating on its production possibilities frontier c. there must have been an increase in technology to compensate for the labor shortage d. the opportunity cost of producing more of one good is negative e. the economy is operating inside its production possibilities frontier