For a firm with market power, advertising expenditures affect all of the following except which one?

If the nominal interest rate is ________ and the inflation rate is ________, the real interest rate is positive

A) zero; positive B) negative; zero C) zero; negative D) negative; negative

Suppose that the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) release shows a higher inflation rate in the U.S. than was expected. Everything else held constant, the release of the CPI report would immediately cause the demand for U.S

assets to ________ and the U.S. dollar would ________. A) increase; appreciate B) increase; depreciate C) decrease; appreciate D) decrease; depreciate