Saturday Quiz – January 9, 2016

Welcome to the Billy Blog Saturday Quiz. The quiz tests whether you have been paying attention over the last seven days. See how you go with the following questions. Your results are only known to you and no records are retained.

Quiz #355

• 1. As a matter of accounting, the financial assets held by the non-government sector rise $-for-$ when a sovereign government issues debt.
• False
• True
• 2. When government bond yields for new issues start to rise, government spending becomes more expensive.
• False
• True
• 3. In a fiat monetary system (for example, US or Australia) with an on-going external deficit that exceeds the public deficit (expressed as percentages of GDP), the domestic private sector cannot bring its spending more closely in line with its income by increasing saving without incurring employment losses.
• False
• True

Sorry, quiz 355 is now closed.

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