Falling interest rates cana. raise the cost of borrowing for firms and decrease investment. b. lower the cost of buying new homes and fewer new homes will be purchased. c. increase a firm's stock price, which causes firms to issue more stock shares, and thus increases funds for investment. d. raise the cost of buying new homes and fewer new homes will be purchased.

The third program provides families with $50 in food stamps each week, redeemable for both perishable and nonperishable food. the fourth policy instead provides a family with a box of nonperishable foods each week, worth $50. use two graphs to illustrate that a family may be indifferent between the two programs, but will never prefer the $50 box of nonperishable foods over the $50 in food stamps. state your answer and use a consumer choice model for perishable food and nonperishable food to graphically justify your choice.