Table 5.1National Income Accounts (dollar figures are in billions)Expenditures for consumer goods and services$4,565Exports$740Government purchases of goods and services$1,465Social Security taxes$510Net investment$225Indirect business taxes$520Imports$825Gross investment$865Corporate income taxes$185Personal income taxes$750Corporate retained earnings$45Net foreign factor income$20Government transfer payments to households$690Net interest payments to households$0On the basis of Table 5.1, net exports are

Recent financial innovation makes the Federal Reserve's job of conducting monetary policy

A) easier, since the Fed now knows what to consider money. B) more difficult, since the Fed now knows what to consider money. C) easier, since the Fed no longer knows what to consider money. D) more difficult, since the Fed no longer knows what to consider money.

Suppose that the market price for pizzas increases. The increase in producer surplus comes from the benefit of the higher prices to

a. only existing sellers who now receive higher prices on the pizzas they were already selling. b. only new sellers who enter the market because of the higher prices. c. both existing sellers who now receive higher prices on the pizzas they were already selling and new sellers who enter the market because of the higher prices. d. Producer surplus does not increase; it decreases.