Answer:
The correct answer is option c.
Explanation:
Fiat money refers to the currency which is not backed by any physical assets such as gold or silver. Its value is derived from its demand and supply rather than through the value of commodity it is backed by.
Since the currency is not backed by gold, it will not be affected by the discovery of gold. Had it been backed by gold, the money supply would have increased.
Purchasing treasury securities, decreasing the required reserve ratio, decreasing the discount rate will all increase the reserves with the commercial This will lead to an increase in money supply through increased lending.
Since water is an abundant commodity, linking the value of money to water will increase money supply.
Answer: 4,975 units
Explanation:
Budgeted production in July = Sales forecast for July + Ending inventory for July - Beginning inventory
Beginning inventory = 25% of July sales
= 25% * 4,800
= 1,200 units
Ending inventory = 25% of August sales
= 25% * 5,500
= 1,375 units
Budgeted production is therefore:
= 4,800 + 1,375 - 1,200
= 4,975 units
Answer: D. Higher in the long run than the short run, because farmers cannot easily change their decisions about how much basmati rice to plant once the current crop has been planted.
Explanation:
Price Elasticity of Supply refers to how Supply changes in response to a change in price. Essentially, if the price of a good increases, will Supplier supply more or less of that good as a result and by how much will they do so.
In the short run, the farmers would have already planted the crops and so would be unable start changing the quantity that they expect from the harvest. They will therefore supply the amount they harvested regardless of a price change.
In the long run however, they can change the amount of rice planted depending on the price of the rice in the market. Price Elasticity is therefore higher in the long run than in the short run.
