If an industry is a natural monopoly and regulators decide that the firm must price at marginal cost, then consumers will be ________ off than if the firm was unregulated and the firm's owners will be ________ off than if it was unregulated

A decrease in the demand for American-made goods will

A) increase the supply of dollars in the foreign exchange market. B) decrease the supply of dollars in the foreign exchange market. C) decrease the demand for dollars in the foreign exchange market. D) increase the demand for dollars in the foreign exchange market.

Because loans to small and midsized businesses are rather __________, they have been relatively __________ to securitize

A) standardized; easy B) standardized; difficult C) not standardized; easy D) not standardized; difficult