The interest-rate effect:

A) depends on the idea that increases in interest rates decrease the quantity of goods and services demanded.
B) depends on the idea that increases in interest rates decrease the quantity of goods and services supplied.
C) is responsible for the downward slope of the money-demand curve.
D) is the least important reason, in the case of the United States, for the downward slope of the aggregate-demand curve.

Consider the following information on stocks a, b, c and their returns (in decimals) in each state: state prob. of state a b c boom 20% 0.27 0.22 0.16 good 45% 0.16 0.09 0.07 poor 25% 0.03 0 0.03 bust 10% -0.08 -0.04 -0.02 if your portfolio is invested 25% in a, 40% in b, and 35% in c, what is the standard deviation of the portfolio in percent? answer to two decimals, carry intermediate calcs. to at least four decimals.

Both a demand curve and a demand schedule show how a. prices affect consumer demand. b. consumer demand affects income. c. prices affect complementary goods. d. consumer demand affects substitute goods.

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