How do households make saving decisions?
What will be an ideal response?
A household's saving depends on five factors: the real interest rate, the household's disposable income, the household's expected future income, wealth, and default risk. A household increases its saving if the real interest rate increases, its disposable income increases, its expected future income decreases, its wealth decreases, or if default risk decreases.
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The indifference curves in the figure above (I1, I2, and I3 ) reflect Peter's consumption preferences. Which of the following combinations of goods does Peter prefer the most?
A) 48 slices of pizza and 12 chocolate bars B) 24 slices of pizza and 24 chocolate bars C) 40 slices of pizza and 20 chocolate bars D) 32 slices of pizza and 8 chocolate bars