Potential GDP is always greater than real GDP in an economy

The supply of loanable funds curve is

a. upward sloping because fewer people are persuaded to forgo current consumption as the interest rate rises b. downward sloping, showing that more investment will be undertaken as inflation decreases c. upward sloping because the opportunity cost of goods and services that must be forgone increases d. downward sloping, showing that as more funds are made available, the risk cost of loaning funds decreases e. usually horizontal

If economic losses exist in a monopolistically competitive market,

a. new products will be introduced. b. new firms will enter the market because they see potential for profit in the future. c. firms will exit the market and the existing firms' demand curves will shift to the left. d. the average total cost curve must lie below the demand curve. e. firms will exit the market and existing firms' demand curves will shift to the right.