A shift of the supply curve of oil raises the price from $60 a barrel to $75 a barrel and reduces the quantity demanded from 40 million to 20 million barrels a day. You can conclude that the
A) demand for oil is elastic.
B) demand for oil is inelastic.
C) supply of oil is elastic.
D) supply of oil is inelastic.
A
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The unemployment rate equals 100 multiplied by the
A) number of people unemployed divided by the number of people employed. B) number of people unemployed divided by the population. C) number of people unemployed divided by the labor force. D) number of people unemployed divided by the working-age population. E) labor force divided by the number of people unemployed.
In general, any ceteris paribus determinant of supply that is favorable to production will
A) cause a movement along the supply curve. B) shift the supply curve to the right. C) shift the demand curve to the left. D) shift the supply curve to the left.