If protective import-restricting tariffs are imposed by a country, in the majority of cases that nation's consumers end up
A) paying a higher price for the good than they otherwise would.
B) paying a lower price for the good than they otherwise would.
C) consuming more of the good than they otherwise would.
D) having a higher standard of living than they otherwise would.
A
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According to the interest-rate-based perspective on the monetary policy transmission mechanism
A) changes in the money supply have little influence on macroeconomic variables. B) key channels of monetary policy indirectly ultimately relate money supply changes to total planned spending through indirect effects on planned investment. C) inflation is always caused by excessive monetary growth and changes in the money supply offset aggregate demand only directly. D) monetary policy leads to increases in the price level but will have no effect on the rate of output.
Fred buys a fresh-off-the-assembly-line car from Wee-Rob-U Auto Sales. He paid $27,500, even though Wee-Rob-U acquired it for $23,000. What happens to this year's GDP?
A) Nothing. B) It increases by $4,500. C) It increases by $23,000. D) It increases by $27,500. E) It decreases by $4,500, because the dealer robbed Fred.