A profit-maximizing monopolist
A) is guaranteed to lose money because of a lack of competition.
B) is not guaranteed to make a positive profit.
C) is guaranteed to make a positive profit, hence the desire to be a monopolist.
D) is guaranteed to make a non-negative profit, otherwise government would step in to assist.
B
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A) is derived from the equation of exchange assuming that prices remain constant. B) shows how a change in the price level leads to a change in the money supply. C) shows how the demand for money is inversely related to the price level. D) is the hypothesis that changes in the money supply leads to proportional changes in the price level.
At present, what is the approximate natural rate of unemployment in the United States?
a. 4.5 percent b. 5.5 percent c. 7 percent d. 8.5 percent e. 2.5 percent