Use the Table Below to Answer the Following Questions

question 65

Multiple Choice

Use the table below to answer the following questions.
Table 24.5.1

-Refer to Table 24.5.1. The spreadsheet provides information about the demand for money in Minland. Column A is the nominal interest rate, r. Columns B and C show the quantity of money demanded at two different levels of real GDP: Y₀ is $10 billion and Y₁ is $20 billion.
The quantity of money is $3 billion. Real GDP is $20 billion.
If the interest rate is less than 4 percent a year,

• A)people sell bonds, the price of a bond falls, and the interest rate rises.
• B)people buy bonds, the price of a bond rises, and the interest rate rises.
• C)people sell bonds, the price of a bond falls, and the interest rate falls.
• D)people buy bonds, the price of a bond rises, and the interest rate falls.
• E)the demand for money increases.

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Definitions:

Income Tax Liability

The amount of tax that an individual or entity is legally obligated to pay to a tax authority, based on their income.

Vertical Equity

A principle of taxation that suggests taxpayers with a higher ability to pay should contribute more in taxes than those with a lesser ability to pay.

Horizontal Equity

The principle that individuals with equal ability to pay should face equal tax burdens.

Marginal Tax Rates

The tax rate that applies to the next dollar of taxable income.