Answer: Keynesian Economic Theory
Explanation: The policy adopted by the President was to cut back taxes and increase government spending on road, bridges and schools. This policy of the government is called the expansionary fiscal policy which is used to combat an economy suffering from recession. The Keynesian theory also supports the argument that when an economy is suffering from recession, economic output is influenced by aggregate demand. Thus, the government and use its fiscal policy tools to bring the economy out of recession. It also supports that the Fed can also use its monetary policy to bring the economy out of recession. But since here taxes and government spending are uses, we can say that Obama was a proponent of Keynesian Economic theory.
Answer: Buy more of both rice and beans
Explanation: Marginal benefit refers to the additional benefit that a customer get by consuming one additional unit of a commodity.
In the given case, the marginal benefit for the customer is positive for both of the goods. Also if he chooses to but one more unit of anything in place of other than he will not able to use his budget properly.
Thus, from the above we can conclude that the correct option is C.
Answer:
Labor unions can use the power of collective bargaining and strikes to make management listen. Instead of using the power of one, easily replaced worker, the union uses the power of all workers for leverage.
Explanation:
The convexity of the bond is 61.810 and the duration of the bond is 7.330 years.
<u>Explanation</u>:
- A newly issued bond has a maturity of 10 years. It pays a 7.7% coupon rate. The coupon payments will receive each year. Using the coupon payments the year will be reduced.
- The maturity year will get reduced. So the duration of the bond is approximately 7.330 years. If the bond is sold at par value the convexity can be calculated using the number of years.
- So the convexity of the bond is 61.810.
