Bud opened a flower shop. He rented a building for $9,000 a year. To buy equipment for the store, he withdrew $10,000 from his savings account, which earned an annual interest rate of 3 percent
During the first year of operation, Bud paid $4,000 for utilities and $12,000 to his suppliers. The store's total annual revenue was $55,000. The market value of the store's equipment at the end of the year was $8,000. If Bud had not started this business, he would have continued to work as an employee at another flower shop for $30,000 a year. During the first year of operation, Bud A) received an economic profit of $30,000.
B) received an economic profit of $20,000.
C) incurred an economic loss of $2,300
D) incurred an economic loss of $12,300
C
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Everything else held constant, if income tax rates were lowered, then
A) the interest rate on municipal bonds would fall. B) the interest rate on Treasury bonds would rise. C) the interest rate on municipal bonds would rise. D) the price of Treasury bonds would fall.
How might a similar pie chart drawn up for the GDP deflator compare?
a. There would be more segments to the pie and the proportions would vary.
b. There would be the same number of segments, but the proportions would vary.
c. There would be fewer segments to the pie and the proportions would vary.
d. There would be the same number of segments and the proportions would remain the
same.