To Say That "The U

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Multiple Choice

To say that "the U.S. public debt is mostly held internally" is to say that

• A) only interest payments on the public debt are an economic burden.
• B) official figures understate the size of the public debt.
• C) the bulk of the public debt is owned by U.S. citizens and institutions.
• D) the public debt is equal to the land and building assets owned by the federal government.

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Definitions:

Demand Curve

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Pattern of pricing in which one firm regularly announces price changes that other firms then match.

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