If the price of oak lumber increases, what happens to consumer<br/>surplus in the market for oak cabinets? () A: Consumer<br/>surplus increases. B: Consumer<br/>surplus decreases. C: Consumer<br/>surplus will not change consumer surplus; only producer surplus<br/>changes. D: Consumer<br/>surplus depends on what event led to the increase in the price of oak<br/>lumber.

Suppose the only revenue taken in by the government is in the form of income tax, and the tax rate is 10 percent. If aggregate income is $800 billion, and government outlays are $100 billion then the government budget has A: a deficit of $20 billion. B: a surplus of $20 billion. C: neither a surplus nor a deficit. D: a deficit of $80 billion.

A tariff on a product ( ) A: enhances the economic well-being of the domestic economy. B: increases the domestic quantity supplied. C: increases the domestic quantity demanded. D: results in an increase in producer surplus that is greater than the<br/>resulting decrease in consumer surplus.

Producer surplus is equal to: A: the difference between the highest market price consumers are willing to pay for a product and the minimum amount producers are willing to accept for that product. B: the difference between the market price consumers are willing to pay for a product and the actual price they pay. C: the price a producer receives for a product minus the marginal cost of production. D: the economic profit earned from the sale of a good, minus its marginal cost of production.

Over the last twenty years, the U.S. has generally had a current account ________ and a capital account ________. A: surplus, surplus B: surplus, deficit C: deficit, surplus D: deficit, deficit