Consumers seek to
A) maximize profits.
B) maximize expected consumer surplus.
C) minimize expenditures.
D) maximize choice.
B
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The short-run tradeoff between the unemployment rate and the inflation rate shown by the Phillips curve is represented in the AS-AD model by
A) rightward shifts of the aggregate supply curve. B) the downward-sloping aggregate demand curve. C) the upward-sloping aggregate supply curve. D) the vertical potential GDP line. E) leftward shifts of the aggregate supply curve.
If a financial institution extends a 25 year loan at a 6 percent interest rate, and then the inflation rate increases suddenly and unexpectedly to 6 percent per year, the institution receives on its loan a real return of
A) minus 12 percent. B) zero percent. C) 6 percent. D) 12 percent. E) 36 percent.