A satellite radio company is the sole supplier of a brand-new service providing commercial-free music that competes with existing free, broadcast-radio music delivered via antennas. The service is automatically activated for a 6-month introductory free-trial period, and is only available to people who purchase a new car with a specially equipped receiver. After the trial period, customers must call the company to activate and retain the service. Match each customer below to the radio company’s best profit-maximizing price strategy. a. Ricardo explains that he is indifferent to the new service, and has not yet sampled many of the stations.
b. Joe, who explains that he needs music to sing along with while he commutes two hours each day for work.
c. Natasha, who says that she likes the service, but who commutes less than a half hour each day for work.

1. high price
2. medium price
3. low price

The sticky-price theory asserts that the output prices of some goods and services adjust slowly to changes in the price level. suppose firms announce the prices for their products in advance, based on an expected price level of 100 for the coming year. many of the firms sell their goods through catalogs and face high costs of reprinting if they change prices. the actual price level turns out to be 110. faced with high menu costs, the firms that rely on catalog sales choose not to adjust their prices. sales from catalogs will

What does the consumer price index measure? a. the change in prices of all goods and services over time b. the change in prices of specific goods and services over time c. the change in prices of final goods and services over time

Uppose that the federal reserve purchases a bond for $100,000 from donald truck, who deposits the proceeds in the manufacturer’s national bank. what will be the impact of this purchase on the supply of money? the money supply will increase by $100,000. the money supply will increase by $80,000. the money supply will increase by $500,000. this action will have no effect on the money supply. if the reserve requirement ratio is 20 percent, what is the maximum amount of additional loans that the manufacturer’s bank will be able to extend as the result of truck’s deposit? the maximum additional loans is $100,000. the maximum additional loans is $80,000. the maximum additional loans is $20,000. the maximum additional loans is $500,000. given the 20 percent reserve requirement, what is the maximum increase in the quantity of checkable deposits that could result throughout the entire banking system because of the fed’s action? this action will have no effect on the money supply. the money supply will eventually increase by $80,000. the money supply will eventually increase by $500,000. the money supply will eventually increase by $100,000.