How does the United States compare to other advanced, industrialized economies on the issue of openness?
a. It is completely closed.
b. It is one of the less open of them.
c. It is about average in openness.
d. It is one of the more open of them.
e. It is the most open of them.
b
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According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, household disposable income fell by 0.3 percent of August, 2012. If all else remains the same, what is the likely impact of this fall on the real interest rate?
A) The real interest rate will rise. B) The real interest rate will fall. C) A change in household disposable income will have no impact on the real interest rate. D) The impact on the real interest rate is ambiguous.
Recent research indicates that inflation performance (low inflation) has been found to be best in countries with
A) the most independent central banks. B) political control of monetary policy. C) money financing of budget deficits. D) a policy of always keeping interest rates low.