After the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, the supply of downtown office space in Manhattan was dramatically reduced. Forecasters predicted that the equilibrium price would rise, but in fact the price fell
What are some factors that could explain the fall in the equilibrium price, which the forecasters failed to take into account? A) Demand for office space fell due to quality-of-life concerns.
B) The economic slowdown caused demand for office space to fall.
C) both A and B
D) none of the above
C
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Because economic profits are eliminated in the long run in monopolistic competition, to earn an economic profit firms continuously
A) shut down. B) exit the industry. C) innovate and develop new products. D) declare bankruptcy. E) decrease their costs by decreasing their selling costs.
From an initial long-run macroeconomic equilibrium, if the Federal Reserve anticipated that next year aggregate demand would grow significantly faster than long-run aggregate supply, then the Federal Reserve would most likely
A) increase interest rates. B) increase income tax rates. C) decrease income tax rates. D) decrease interest rates.