To diversify, a homeowner with a variable-rate mortgage should choose investments that
a. pay higher returns when interest rates rise and lower returns when interest rates fall.
b. pay lower returns when interest rates rise and higher returns when interest rates fall.
c. provide a higher return than the market average.
d. provide a lower return than the market average.
a
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Two countries, Rhodia and Rubium, have identical production functions of the form:
Y = A × K0.25 × H0.75 Both countries have the same amount of capital stock and use the same technology. However, the total efficiency units of labor available in Rhodia is higher than that in Rubium. Which of the following is likely to be true in this case? A) The poverty rate in Rhodia is likely to be higher than that in Rubium. B) The gross domestic product of Rhodia is higher than that in Rubium. C) The gross domestic product of Rubium is higher than that in Rhodia. D) The Human Development Index of Rhodia is lower than that of Rubium.
The multiplier is useful in determining the:
A. full-employment unemployment rate. B. level of business inventories. C. change in the rate of inflation from a change in the interest rate. D. change in GDP resulting from a change in spending.