Recall the Application about food and drink pricing during "happy hour" at bars and restaurants to answer the following question(s).Recall the Application. In a market subject to monopolistic competition, a restaurant's rational response to more elastic demand is to increase its price.

The government wishes to close an inflationary gap by reducing real GDP by $400 billion. Assuming a tax multiplier of 4 and an income multiplier of 5, which of the following policy prescriptions would reduce the inflationary gap by $400 billion?

a. Decreasing government spending by $400 billion and increasing taxes by $400 billion. b. Decreasing government spending by $160 billion and decreasing taxes by $100 billion. c. Decreasing government spending by $40 billion and decreasing taxes by $40 billion. d. Decreasing government spending by $80 billion and keeping taxes the same. e. Doing absolutely nothing to the economy.

The interest rate represents the opportunity cost of holding non-monetary assets

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false