In the 1980s, banks __________ the amount of highly speculative loans they were holding due to __________ deposit rates

A) increased; rising
B) increased; falling
C) decreasing; rising
D) decreased; falling

A

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The state Department of Agriculture raised the minimum price for a gallon of milk in the city on Tuesday to $4.37

"If you've got two or three kids and you're living on a fixed income and you're paying half your income on rent," Gioia said, "then you're really in a bind and you're making choices you should never have to make." If even after this price increase Gioia's marginal utility per dollar is higher for milk than for other goods, what should Gioia do? A) increase her consumption of milk B) decrease her consumption of milk C) not change her consumption of milk D) increase her consumption of milk only if her income increases

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A firm using a two-part tariff can produce the economically efficient outcome by

A) making the fixed-fee portion of the price as low as possible. B) setting the fixed-fee portion of the price at some proportion to the fixed cost of production. C) setting the per-unit portion of the price equal to the average cost of production. D) setting the per-unit portion of the price equal to the marginal cost of production.

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