With normally-sloped IS and LM curves, an increase in government spending ________ the interest rate, which ________ autonomous planned expenditure, resulting in a final increase in income ________ than what the government spending increase would
have produced in the Chapter 3 model. A) lowers, raises, greater
B) lowers, lowers, greater
C) raises, lowers, less
D) raises, raises, less
E) raises, raises, greater
C
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Hughes and Cain (2011) ask: Who suffered from the tariff in the 19th century? What was their answer?
(a) the government (b) producers of import-competing goods (c) consumers (d) workers in import-competing industries
Financial intermediaries
a. harm both borrowers and lenders because they pay lenders a lower rate of interest than they charge to borrowers b. specialize in assembling loanable funds from households and firms, and channeling those funds to other households, firms, and government agencies c. are all depository institutions d. increase the risk of lending and borrowing because a financial intermediary has nothing to lose from such transactions e. reduce efficiency because they add an extra step to many financial transactions