During the recession phase of the business cycle, business firms become pessimistic about their future earning capacity as do banks. Nominal interest rates fall during recessions. Investment lending could be expected to
A) rise if the change in future earnings is thought to be greater than the change in interest payments.
B) stay the same.
C) fall.
D) fall if the change in future earnings is thought to be greater than the change in interest payments.
D
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Initially the lake is owned by no one. Keeping in mind the Coase theorem, if transactions costs are low then if the chemical factory owns the lake ________ tons of chemicals will be produced and if the fishing club owns the lake, ________ tons of chemicals will be produced. A) 4; 4 B) 4; 8 C) 8; 4 D) 8; 8
Refer to Figure 26-7. Suppose the economy is in a recession and no policy is pursued. Using the static AD-AS model in the figure above, this situation would be depicted as a movement from
A) B to A. B) C to D. C) A to B. D) C to B. E) A to E.