Unlike recent events in England, the United States has no recent history of bank failures

If the government removes a $1 tax on sellers of gasoline and imposes the same $1 tax on buyers of gasoline, then the price paid by buyers will

A. not change, and the price received by sellers will not change B. increase, and the price received by sellers will increase. C. increase, and the price received by sellers will not change. D. not change, and the price received by sellers will increase

The U.S. economy has had persistent inflation in recent decades. A possible explanation for the inflation is that

A) there have been decreases in the growth rate while aggregate demand has remained unchanged. B) growth in aggregate demand has been greater than growth in aggregate supply. C) there have been decreases in aggregate demand while aggregate supply has remained unchanged. D) there have been increases in the growth rate while aggregate demand has remained unchanged.