Automatic stabilizers
What will be an ideal response?
: tax and spending institutions that tend to increase government revenues and lower government spending during economic expansions but lower revenues and raise government spending during economic recession
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When the Fed buys government securities, banks' reserves ________, the quantity of money ________, and the federal funds rate ________
A) decrease; increases; falls B) increase; increases; falls C) increase; decreases; rises D) decrease; decreases; rises E) increase; increases; rises
Fresh Taste, Inc produces organic breakfast cereals. The market for breakfast cereals is monopolistically competitive
The figure above shows the demand curve that Fresh Taste faces (D), the company's marginal revenue curve (MR), its marginal cost curve (MC), and its average total cost curve (ATC). If Fresh Taste and other firms in the market are currently producing their profit maximizing quantities of cereals, then the market is A) in both short-run equilibrium and long-run equilibrium. B) in short-run equilibrium but not in long-run equilibrium. C) in long-run equilibrium but not in short-run equilibrium. D) neither in short-run equilibrium nor in long-run equilibrium.