Economics (Irwin Economics)
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Author: Campbell R. McConnell, Stanley L. Brue, Sean Masaki Flynn Dr.
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9. True or false? If the statement is false, explain why: LO4
a. An internally held public debt is like a debt of the left hand owed to the right hand.
b. The Federal Reserve and federal government agencies hold more than half the public debt.
c. As a percentage of GDP, the federal debt held by the public was smaller in 2010 than it was in 1990.
d. As a percentage of GDP, the total U.S. public debt is the highest such debt among the world’s advanced industrial nations.
(Last Word) The combined cost of Social Security and Medicare programs was what percent of U.S. GDP in 2008
(A) 7.6
(B) 12.4
(C) 17.2
(D) 2.9
25) The graph above shows the market for a one-year discount bond with a face value of $1,000. The government's budget deficit increases by $150 million and to finance that deficit it borrows in this market. This will result in the private-sector borrowing to be crowded out by X dollars. What is the value of X?
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26). The graph above shows the market for a one year discount bond with a face value of $1,000. The government's budget deficit increases by $150 million and to finance that deficit it borrows in this market. This results in the private-sector borrowing to be crowded out. At the end, the private sector will end up borrowing X dollars. What is the value of X?
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