The commercial jetliner industry consisting of Boeing and Airbus would best be described as a (an)

The Trading Desk's open market operations

A) are confined within a one-hour interval each weekday morning. B) are confined within a six-hour interval each weekday morning. C) occur throughout each day. D) occur once a week.

Which of the following would lead a utility-maximizing consumer to search for additional information?

a. an increase in income b. an increase in the marginal cost of information c. improved technology (e.g., Internet search programs) d. a reduction in the dispersion of prices e. an increase in the consumer's wage rate