Which of the following people would be classified as employed in the Current Population Survey?
A) Rich, who is working 20 hours a week but wants a full-time job
B) Misty, who just quit her job to return full time to school
C) April, who just graduated from college and is looking for work
D) Jason, who was laid off from work less than 6 months ago but who has stopped looking for work
E) Laura, who is unpaid but is working 10 hours a week in the family business she and her husband run
A
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What happens to the monetary base if the domestic currency is undervalued (the central bank fixed the exchange rate below equilibrium) and the central bank intervenes to fix the exchange rate at its current level?
a. The change in the monetary base is ambiguous. b. The monetary base is only affected by interventions of the central bank when the domestic currency is overvalued. c. The monetary base will rise. d. The monetary base is never affected by interventions of the central bank. e. The monetary base will fall.
If the nominal interest rate is 4 percent and expected inflation is 2.5 percent, then what is the expected real interest rate?
a. 1.6 percent b. 10 percent c. 6.5 percent d. 1.5 percent