Which economic effect does a central bank hope to achieve by buying back large amounts of treasury securities?
A. It hopes to raise interest rates for private lenders.
B. It hopes to discourage companies from hiring workers.
C. It hopes to make more money available for loans.
D. It hopes to reduce the overall amount of economic activity.

Abigail spent $100 on a new edition of the personal finance textbook rather than $75 for a used copy. the additional cost for the new copy is called the

In early january, burger mania acquired 100% of the common stock of the crispy taco restaurant chain. the purchase price allocation included the following items: $4 million, patent; $3 million, trademark considered to have an indefinite useful life; and $5 million, goodwill. burger mania's policy is to amortize intangible assets with finite useful lives using the straight-line method, no residual value, and a five-year service life. what is the total amount of amortization expense that would appear in burger mania's income statement for the first year ended december 31 related to these items?

Afirm’s production function is represented by q(m,r) = 4m 3/4r1/3, where q denotes output, m raw materials, and r robots. the firm is currently using 6 units of raw materials and 12 robots. according to the mrts, in order to maintain its output level the firm would need to give up 2 robots if it adds 9 units of raw materials. (a) true (b) false