Suppose people believe that prices will continue to fall in the future, and so they put off buying things now. As a result, prices fall. In economics we refer to this as a(n):

A. precommitment strategy.
B. self-confirming equilibrium.
C. Nash equilibrium.
D. endowment effect.

Answer: B

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If initially the money supply is $2 trillion, velocity is 5, the price level is 2, and real GDP is $5 trillion, a fall in the money supply to $1 trillion

A) reduces real GDP to $2.5 trillion. B) causes velocity to rise to 10. C) decreases the price level to 1. D) decreases the price level to 1 and decreases velocity to 2.5.

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