Suppose that depository institutions hold excess reserves, and that the reserve requirement is 5%. The money multiplier is ____.

Generally speaking, the interest rates on longer-term loans are ____ than the interest rates on shorter term loans, because longer-term loans are ____ risky.

Year Bag of Chips Pints of Guacamole Price of aBag of Chips Price of a Pint of Guacamole 2016 (base) 28 15 $1.50 $3.00 2017 32 18 $1.50 $3.20 2018 34 18 $1.70 $3.30 In the table above, total economic production and price data is provided. Suppose that chips and guacamole are the only two final goods produced in this economy. The CPI in 2017 is approximately ____.

Refer to figure above. How much tax per necktie has been imposed by the government?

A price floor set above the equilibrium price _____ a shortage of the good and _____ a deadweight loss.

Real GDP Government Receipts Government Outlays $ 3 trillion $0.3 trillion $1.3 trillion $ 4 trillion $0.6 trillion $1.1 trillion $ 5 trillion $0.9 trillion $0.9 trillion $ 6 trillion $1.2 trillion $0.7 trillion $ 7 trillion $1.5 trillion $0.5 trillion Refer to the table above. When Real GDP equals $6 trillion, there is a government budget _____ of _____.

Joshua lost his full-time job as a dental hygienist three months ago, and he has not been able to find another job in his field. He is very frustrated, but in the meantime, he has taken a part-time job watering plants at a local blackberry farm. Joshua is considered _____, and his situation is an example of how the unemployment rate _____ the problem of joblessness in the economy.

When calculating GDP, we exclude the value of ____ to avoid the problem of ____.

GDP includes ____ investment, which means it ____ the purchase or construction of physical capital that replaces depreciated capital.

The table provides the value of the stock of physical capital at the end of each year! Year Stock of Physical Capital 2015 $112 billion 2016 $117 billion 2017 $120 billion Refer to the table above. Suppose that gross investment was $6 billion during 2017, what was the value of depreciation during 2017?