Identify each of the following topics as being part of microeconomics or macroeconomics: a. the impact of a change in consumer income on the purchase of luxury automobiles b. the effect of a change in the price of coke on the purchase of pepsi c. the impact of a war in the middle east on the rate of inflation in the united states d. factors influencing the rate of economic growth e. factors influencing the demand for tractors f. the impact of tax policy on national saving g. the effect of pollution taxes on the u. s. copper industry h. the degree of competition in the cable television industry i. the effect of a balanced-budget amendment on economic stability j. the impact of deregulation on the savings and loan industry

Acompany factory is considered which type of resource a. land b. physical capital c. labor d. human capital

Profits from using currency options and futures. on july 2, the two-month futures rate of the mexican peso contained a 2 percent discount (unannualized). there was a call option on pesos with an exercise price that was equal to the spot rate. there was also a put option on pesos with an exercise price equal to the spot rate. the premium on each of these options was 3 percent of the spot rate at that time. on september 2, the option expired. go to the oanda. com website (or any site that has foreign exchange rate quotations) and determine the direct quote of the mexican peso. you exercised the option on this date if it was feasible to do so. a. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased the call option? b. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased the put option? c. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased a futures contract on july 2 that had a settlement date of september 2? d. what was your net profit per unit if you sold a futures contract on july 2 that had a settlement date of september 2

Explain whether each of the following events increases or decreases the money supply. a. the fed buys bonds in open-market operations. b. the fed reduces the reserve requirement. c. the fed increases the interest rate it pays on reserves. d. citibank repays a loan it had previously taken from the fed. e. after a rash of pickpocketing, people decide to hold less currency. f. fearful of bank runs, bankers decide to hold more excess reserves. g. the fomc increases its target for the federal funds rate.