A cross-country analysis of health statistics suggests that countries with single payer systems have infant mortality rates that are ________ than those rates for the U.S. and survival rates for breast and prostate cancer that are ________ than those rates for the U.S.

Real interest rates are difficult to measure because

A) data on them are not available in a timely manner. B) real interest rates depend on the hard-to-determine expected inflation rate. C) they fluctuate too often to be accurate. D) they cannot be controlled by the Fed.

Which of the following makes short-term conditional low-interest loans to LDCs?

a. Agency for International Development (AID) b. World Bank c. Agency for International Finance (AIF) d. International Monetary Fund (IMF)