If Lisa spends her income on veggie burgers and pints of soy milk and the price of veggie burgers is three times the price of a pint of soy milk, then when Lisa maximizes her utility she will buy
A) three times as many pints of soy milk as veggie burgers.
B) both goods until the marginal utility of veggie burgers is three times the marginal utility of soy milk.
C) three times as many veggie burgers as pints of soy milk.
D) both goods until the marginal utility of a pint of soy milk is three times the marginal utility of veggie burgers.
B
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If monetary policy is used to control GDP, there is greater sacrifice of long-run economic growth in pursuing short-run stabilization the ________ is fiscal policy and thus the ________ is the real interest rate
A) tighter, higher B) tighter, lower C) easier, higher D) easier, lower
Assume that the Federal Reserve replaces the money stock with the interest rate as an intermediate target. Then,
a. the range for the target interest rate would be chosen to hit the inflation rate, unemployment rate, and growth rate of the economy. b. if the Treasury bill rate fell temporarily below the target range, the Open Market Desk would sell securities in the open market until the Treasury bill rate rose to the target range. c. if the Treasury bill rate rose above the target range, the Open Market Desk would purchase Treasury bills or other government securities. d. All of the above