The government passed the Economic Recovery Act in October 2008 to prevent the financial crisis from continuing to worsen. A controversial component of this act was the
A) temporary decrease in the federal deposit insurance limit.
B) sale of new subprime mortgage assets.
C) borrowing of $150 million from AIG.
D) Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
D
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In New York City, about 1 million apartments are subject to rent control by the local government. Rent control
A) puts a legal limit on the rent that landlords can charge for an apartment. B) is a government policy which limits apartment rental to those people whose incomes are less than $50,000 per year. C) is a price floor which sets a minimum rent for apartments. D) only applies to those apartments which are owned and rented out by the local government.
If a good is considered a normal good, the demand curve will shift ________ when income increases because ________
A) right; the income and substitution effects move in the same direction. B) right; the income and substitution effects move in the opposite direction. C) left; the income and substitution effects move in the same direction. D) left; the income and substitution effects move in the opposite direction.