Question 1

A bank would be considered insolvent when the value of its liabilities exceed its

Accepted Answer

A) assets. 
B) required reserves. 
C) actual reserves. 
D) net worth. 
A) assets. 
B) required reserves. 
C) actual reserves. 
D) net worth.

Question 2

Assuming that the reserve ratio is 10%, what amount of excess reserves are held by with the bank balance sheet listed below?

Accepted Answer

A) zero 
B) $240,000 
C) $280,000 
D) $320,000 
A) zero 
B) $240,000 
C) $280,000 
D) $320,000

Question 3

The intended use of TARP funds was to

Accepted Answer

A) support the FDIC. 
B) increase consumers' disposable income. 
C) fund "shovel-ready" projects. 
D) purchase unwanted securities. 
A) support the FDIC. 
B) increase consumers' disposable income. 
C) fund "shovel-ready" projects. 
D) purchase unwanted securities.

Question 4

Which of the following are accurate arguments suggesting that the fiscal stimulus did work?

Accepted Answer

A) Real GDP growth moved from negative to positive in 2009. 
B) Employment increased in 2009. 
C) The economy has natural self-correcting mechanisms. 
D) The return on bailout assets reduced the deficit. 
A) Real GDP growth moved from negative to positive in 2009. 
B) Employment increased in 2009. 
C) The economy has natural self-correcting mechanisms. 
D) The return on bailout assets reduced the deficit.

Question 5

If the reserve ratio was 10% for the bank with the balance sheet listed below, then this bank is

Accepted Answer

A) aggressive as indicated by a small amount of excess reserves. 
B) aggressive as indicated by a large amount of excess reserves. 
C) cautious as indicated by a small amount of excess reserves. 
D) cautious as indicated by a large amount of excess reserves. 
A) aggressive as indicated by a small amount of excess reserves. 
B) aggressive as indicated by a large amount of excess reserves. 
C) cautious as indicated by a small amount of excess reserves. 
D) cautious as indicated by a large amount of excess reserves.

Question 6

Did President Obama's $787 billion fiscal stimulus package of early 2009 work?
 Name several facts in support of the proposition that it did.Also, list the arguments of the skeptics.

Accepted Answer

Facts supporting the proposition that Pr

Exam 31: He Financial Crisis and the Great Recession

A bank would be considered insolvent when the value of its liabilities exceed its

Assuming that the reserve ratio is 10%, what amount of excess reserves are held by with the bank balance sheet listed below?

The intended use of TARP funds was to

Which of the following are accurate arguments suggesting that the fiscal stimulus did work?

If the reserve ratio was 10% for the bank with the balance sheet listed below, then this bank is being

Did President Obama's $787 billion fiscal stimulus package of early 2009 work? Name several facts in support of the proposition that it did.Also, list the arguments of the skeptics.

What Is Economics

The Economy: Myth and Reality

The Fundamental Economic Problem: Scarcity and Choice

Supply and Demand: an Initial Look

Consumer Choice: Individual and Market Demand

Demand and Elasticity

Production, Inputs, and Cost: Building Blocks for Supply Analysis

Output, Price, and Profit: the Importance of Marginal Analysis

Securities: Business Finance and the Economy: the Tail That Wags the Dog

The Firm and the Industry Under Perfect Competition

Monopoly

Between Competition and Monopoly

Limiting Market Power: Regulation and Antitrust

The Case for Free Markets: the Price System

The Shortcomings of Free Markets

Externalities, the Environment, and Natural Resources

Taxation and Resource Allocation

Pricing the Factors of Production

Labor and Entrepreneurship: the Human Inputs

Poverty, Inequality, and Discrimination

Is Useconomic Leadership Threatened

An Introduction to Macroeconomics

The Goals of Macroeconomic Policy

Economic Growth: Theory and Policy

Aggregate Demand and the Powerful Consumer

Demand-Side Equilibrium: Unemployment or Inflation

Bringing in the Supply Side: Unemployment and Inflation

Managing Aggregate Demand: Fiscal Policy

Money and the Banking System

Monetary Policy: Conventional and Unconventional

The Debate Over Monetary and Fiscal Policy

Budget Deficits in the Short and Long Run

The Trade-Off Between Inflation and Unemployment

International Trade and Comparative Advantage

The International Monetary System: Order or Disorder

Exchange Rates and the Macroeconomy

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