A bond that is generally agreed to have higher default risk will experience all of the following EXCEPT:

If the price of a pizza increases and the demand curve for pizza does not shift, then the consumer surplus from pizza will ________

A) increase B) decrease C) equal the producer surplus if the market produces the efficient quantity of pizza D) remain the same

The major factor affecting a nation's balance of payments is

A) an increase in its rate of unemployment. B) its rate of inflation relative to the rate of inflation of its trading partners. C) a change in the productivity of its labor. D) its stock market movements.