The required stock return an investor seeks can best be represented by which of the following?

In recessions, we expect to run federal budget ___ bc govt spending will be ____ tax revenues.

a. balances; equal to b. surpluses; greater than c. surpluses; smaller than d. deficits; greater than e. deficits; smaller than

So long as the absolute value of the price elasticity of demand for a firm's output is greater than 0, the firm's optimal markup factor will be positive as well

Indicate whether the statement is true or false