According to mainstream economists, the Fed's adherence to a traditional monetary rule rather than to discretionary monetary policy is likely to:
A. reduce the severity of business cycles.
B. increase the amount of instability in the economy.
C. increase the rate of inflation.
D. crowd out much-needed investment spending during times of rapid inflation.
B. increase the amount of instability in the economy.
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Assume for Brazil that the opportunity cost of each cashew is 100 peanuts. Which of these pairs of points could be on Brazil's production possibilities frontier?
a. (200 cashews, 30,000 peanuts) and (150 cashews, 35,000 peanuts) b. (200 cashews, 40,000 peanuts) and (150 cashews, 30,000 peanuts) c. (300 cashews, 60,000 peanut) and (200 cashews, 50,000 peanuts) d. (300 cashews, 60,000 peanuts) and (200 cashews, 80,000 peanuts)
If at some interest rate desired investment is $400 billion, desired private saving is $600 billion, and the budget deficit is $300 billion, is there a surplus or a shortage in the market for loanable funds? What does this imply would happen to interest rates?