The Weekend Quiz – March 12-13, 2016

Welcome to The Weekend Quiz, which used to be known as the 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 #364

• 1. Money is often considered to be currency plus demand deposits. If there is more money in the economy its value always declines.
• False
• True
• 2. A public works program that digs holes and fills them in again has exactly the same impact on current economic growth ($-for-$) as a private investment plan which constructs a new factory.
• False
• True
• 3. It is clear that the central bank can use balance sheet management techniques to control yields on public debt at certain targetted maturities. However, this capacity to control the term structure of interest rates is diminished during periods of high inflation.
• False
• True

Sorry, quiz 364 is now closed.

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