An appropriate countercyclical policy in the face of a recession would be for the Fed to raise legal reserve requirements, raise the discount rate, and buy government securities

Which of the following creates job rationing?

A) The real wage rate is below the equilibrium level. B) The real wage rate is equal to the equilibrium level. C) An increase in unemployment benefits. D) The real wage rate is above the equilibrium level. E) Job search decreases.

According to the efficient markets hypothesis,

A) common stock prices should be constant. B) the price of a corporation's stock is likely to fluctuate substantially in response to news about changes in the company's short-term prospects. C) the price of a corporation's stock will fluctuate significantly only in response to news about changes in the company's long-term prospects. D) price fluctuations in common stock are a response to fads and are only infrequently the result of changes in the expected profitability of the companies involved.