In the ten year period 1981-1990, 1202 commercial banks were closed, with a peak of 206 failures in 1989. This rate of failures was approximately ________ times greater than that in the period from 1934 to 1980

The Trump administration hopes that its program of infrastructure spending might expand employment by luring some prime-age workers back into the labor force. This would ________ the employment-population ratio, which would increase ________

A) increase; growth in labor productivity B) increase; the growth rate of hours worked C) decrease; growth in labor productivity D) decrease; the growth rate of hours worked

You're traveling in Japan and are thinking about buying a new kimono. You've decided you'd be willing to pay $175 for a new kimono, but kimonos in Japan are all priced in yen. If the kimono you're looking at costs 14,000 yen, under which of the following

exchange rates would you be willing to purchase the kimono? (Assume no taxes or duties are associated with the purchase.) A) 24.5 yen per dollar B) 65 yen per dollar C) 80 yen per dollar D) You would purchase the new kimono at any of the above exchange rates.