A consumer optimum is characterized by
A) the marginal rate of substitution of one good divided by its price equal to the marginal rate of substitution of the other good divided by its price.
B) the marginal rate of substitution equal to unity.
C) the marginal rate of substitution equal to the ratio of the prices of the two goods.
D) the marginal rate of substitution divided by the price ratio of the two goods equal to the income of the consumer.
Answer: C
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A) $180 million B) $4,500 million C) $720 million D) The monetary base cannot be determined with the information given.
In the figure above, assume that output is $10.5 trillion, while potential output is $12 trillion
If autonomous monetary policy (alone) is used to bring output to $12 trillion, then the figure implies that the real interest rate will be ________ percent, and the inflation rate will be one percent. A) 1.5 B) zero C) one D) 0.5 E) 2.5