Prior to its stock market crash, Japan enjoyed strong economic growth. However, the country also faced economic risk because

a. lower loan rates encouraged greater competition.
b. lower consumer demand prompted further lending.
c. international trade greatly increased domestic inflation.
d. its banking system was overburdened with bad loans.
e. overemployment led to declining wages.

In order to gauge public opinion about how to handle iran's growing nuclear program, a research group surveyed 1010 americans by telephone and asked them to rate the threat iran's nuclear program poses to the world on a scale of 1 to 10. describe the population, sample, population parameters, and sample statistics. identify the population in the given problem. choose the correct answer below.

Use this image to answer the following question. when the economy is operating at point b, the us congress is most likely to follow

Define the marginal rate of substitution between two goods (x and y). if a consumer’s preferences are given by u(x,y) = x3/4y1/4, compute the consumer’s marginal rate of substitution as a function of x and y. calculate the mrs if the consumer has chosen to consumer 48 units of x and 16 units of y. show your work. (use the back of the page if necessary.