Imagine that Japanese government bond yields moved significantly higher. This would be ___ for US bond prices.

If corporate bond spreads are tight, this makes companies ___ likely to issue debt.

In Powell’s press conference (at the end of the FOMC meeting), Powell said that long-term inflation expectations have increased ___ than short-term inflation expectations.

In Powell’s press conference (at the end of the FOMC meeting), Powell said that he thinks that the recent decline in the labor force participation rate is ___.

Surveys show that ___ than 25% of consumers currently pay for AI services (i.e., subscriptions).

In Powell’s press conference (at the end of the FOMC meeting), Powell said that the Fed’s tools ___ designed to simultaneously fight higher inflation and weaker employment.

In class, we discussed the idea that companies may be moving their AI demand from ___ to ___.

The middle-class is defined as a range from ___ the median household income.

According to Greg Mankiw’s speech, “The Fiscal Future,” compensation of federal employees makes up ___ than 20% of federal spending.

Consumers in the top 10% of the income distribution accounted for approximately ___ of total spending in Q2.