Do rent ceilings result in any deadweight loss?
What will be an ideal response?
Yes. Because the number of apartments rented is decreased, some consumer surplus is lost and some producer surplus is lost. Part of these loses are gained by the tenants in the form of reduced rental payments. But the sum of the losses not gained by the tenants is the deadweight loss.
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In 2003, Congress passed a substantial cut in income taxes. The Federal Reserve also lowered interest rates. How can these two actions be categorized?
A) Both actions can be categorized as fiscal policy. B) Both actions can be categorized as monetary policy. C) The tax cut can be categorized as monetary policy and the lowering of interest rates can be categorized as fiscal policy. D) The tax cut can be categorized as fiscal policy and the lowering of interest rates can be categorized as monetary policy.
Everything else held constant, a decrease in the currency ratio will mean ________ in the M1 money multiplier and ________ in the M2 money multiplier
A) an increase; an increase B) an increase; a decrease C) a decrease; an increase D) a decrease; a decrease