If the nominal rate of interest is 2 percent, and the expected inflation rate is -10 percent, the real rate of interest is

Which antitrust act prohibits exclusive dealing, tying contracts, stock acquisitions, and interlocking directorates?

a. Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. b. Clayton Act of 1914. c. Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914. d. Robinson-Patman Act of 1936. e. Cell-Kefauver Act of 1950.

Assuming that GDP currently equals potential GDP, a cost-push inflation could result from which of the following?

A. a decrease in tax rates B. an increase in the labor force C. a large crop failure that boosts the prices of raw food materials D. an increase in the nation's capital stock