The smaller the typical depositor at a financial institution, the __________ likely that some of the institution's deposits are federally insured and thus the __________ heavily that institution tends to be regulated

As the world economy grew during the 1920s, the gold standard proved to be:

A) a real problem because the quantity of gold could not keep pace with economic expansion, resulting in severe deflation. B) a boon to importers and exporters. C) highly inflationary. D) well-suited to new methods of transferring gold stocks between nations.

In the United States during the 1950s and 1960s

A) the inflation rate was frequently less than 2 percent a year. B) prices rose sharply. C) prices fell. D) there was zero inflation.