The unemployment rate for older workers is usually ________ the unemployment rate for younger workers.

Generally speaking, exchange rates are determined by

A) supply and demand. B) the International Monetary Fund. C) interest rates. D) differences in money growth rates.

As short-term interest rates began to rise in 2005, which one of the following mortgage loan categories experienced the largest increase in default and foreclosure rates?

a. fixed rate mortgages to prime borrowers b. fixed rate mortgages to sub-prime borrowers c. adjustable rate mortgages extended to both prime and sub-prime borrowers d. adjustable rate mortgages to sub-prime borrowers only; the default and foreclosure rates of these loans extended to prime borrowers declined