Answer:
A lower real interest rate makes saving less appealing.
Explanation:
The lower the interest rate, the lower the amount saved and the higher the interest rate, the higher the amount of money saved. There is a positive relationship between interest rate and the supply of loanable funds. This is why the supply curve for loanable funds is upward sloping
Answer: <u>"b. Price is greater than long-run average cost."</u> is NOT characteristic of long-run equilibrium for a perfectly competitive firm.
Explanation: In the long term the company will produce the output level at which long-run average cost is at its minimum.
Where the price is equal to the long-run marginal cost and the long-run average cost.
Answer:
James operates a restaurant in a seaside tourist town. It is winter and all the tourists have left
Rex invests in new computer software that will automate his bookkeeping.
Explanation:
In winter, the patronage at James' resturant would drop because tourists would have left. Because demand at the resturant has dropped, James would reduce his demand for Labour which are his staffs. He would let some staffs go temporarily to reduce costs .
If Rex invests in a software that automates his book keeping, he wouldn't need an accountant to help with his book keeping, so demand for labour would fall.
After Katie's competition closes down, more people would patronise Katie. Katie's demand for Labour would increase because of the influx of customers.
Amy would need labour to obtain wood; her demand for Labour would increase.
If school is just resuming, there would be a high influx of people into the bookstore, the bookstore would increase its demand for Labour because of the high influx of customers .
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