If a country must decrease current consumption to increase the amount of capital goods it produces today, then it must
A) be using resources inefficiently today, but will be more efficient in the future.
B) be producing along the production possibilities frontier today and its production possibilities frontier will shift outward if it produces more capital goods.
C) must be producing outside the production possibilities frontier and will continue to do so in the future.
D) must not have private ownership of property and will have to follow planning authorities' decisions today and in the future.
B
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In the consumer's NPV decision, the correct value for the interest rate R is
A) the interest rate that could be earned in a savings account when the consumer must borrow to finance the purchase. B) the interest rate that would have to be paid on a loan when the consumer could pay for the purchase with funds in a savings account. C) the interest rate charged for the loan when the consumer must borrow to finance the purchase. D) the prime rate, irrespective of whether when the consumer must borrow to finance the purchase. E) the prime rate plus the rate of inflation as measured by the CPI, irrespective of whether when the consumer must borrow to finance the purchase.
Why do permanent tax cuts have a greater impact on consumption than temporary tax cuts?
a. Permanent tax cuts have a greater effect on expected long-run inflation. b. Permanent tax cuts are perceived as minor while temporary tax cuts are larger and more effective. c. Permanent tax cuts cause movement along the consumption function, while temporary tax cuts shift the consumption function. d. Permanent tax cuts affect expectations of long-run income more than temporary tax cuts.