Given:
Checkable deposit = $100 million
actual reserves = $12 million
required reserve ratio = 10%
100 million * 10% = 10 million
10 million - 12 million = 2 million excess reserves
D.) $2 million is the bank's excess reserves
Answer:
1. False: A court of appeals hears evidence to decide the facts. They do not listen to evidence to decide the facts because appeal isn't a retrial of the case.
2. True: When a party alleges a fact, it means that fact has not yet been determined by the jury to be true.
3. True: A judge instructs a jury on the law that applies in a case. It is known as jury instructions.
4. False: Decisions by higher courts in a state are not binding on lower courts within that state's jurisdiction. There decisions are actually binding on lower courts within that state's jurisdiction.
5. True: Judges may apply the law, but they do not have power to change the law.
6. True: The U.S. Constitution is the supreme law in the United States and no other law can contradict it.
7. True: Litigation is the process of resolving a dispute through the court system.
8. True: The trial court, which first hears a case, is known as a court of original jurisdiction.
9. True: Although cases may be similar, one important fact can change the outcome and create new precedent.
10. False: Appellate Courts review questions of fact but not questions of law. The appellate court can review questions of law as "De novo" or plenary review (legal error standard).
11. True: The Uniform Commercial Code has been adopted in all fifty states.
It should be 2, that is the smallest number they can all be divided by that is not 1 or 0
Answer:
The correct answer is letter "A": an economic downturn that persists for more than two consecutive quarters of the year.
Explanation:
Recessions are economic downturns in an economy characterized by the fall growth for more than two consecutive quarters. The most important indicator that determines the economic downturn is the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is the entity in charge of calling the recession.
Answer: Option (E) is correct.
Explanation:
Given that,
U.S. population = 300 million
Individuals classified as unable to work = 70 million
Individuals classified as unwilling to work = 80 million
Unemployed = 14 million
Labor force = U.S. population - Individuals classified as unable to work - Individuals classified as unwilling to work
= 300 million - 70 million - 80 million
= 150 million
Unemployment rate = 
= 
= 9.3%