When u. s. housing prices declined prior to and during the great recession, it caused aggregate demand to decrease because

a. the government raised interest rates to prevent inflation
b. household wealth decreased, causing a decline in consumer spending
c. the u. s. population and labor force declined abruptly
d. the government refused to allow the money supply to increase
e. the government raised taxes and decreased spending

Because this market is a monopolistically competitive market, you can tell that it is in long-run equilibrium by the fact thatmr=mc at the optimal quantity for each firm. furthermore, a monopolistically competitive firm's average total cost in long-run equilibrium isless than the minimum average total cost. true or false: this indicates that there is a markup on marginal cost in the market for engines. true false monopolistic competition may also be socially inefficient because there are too many or too few firms in the market. the presence of the externality implies that there is too little entry of new firms in the market.