For the gold standard to achieve its maximum functioning efficiency, central banks should theoretically play the rules of the game. What are these rules?
(a) Central bank policy should tie the flow of their gold reserves to their current accounts.
(b) Central banks should lean against the wind and follow policies that offset gold movements.
(c) Central banks should raise interest rates as gold flows in and lower them as gold flows out.
(d) Central banks should sell securities as gold flows in and buy them as gold flows out.
Question 2
If the tax function is T = t0 + t1Y where t1 equals 1/3, and if the marginal propensity to consume out of disposable income is 3/4, then the change in GDP per unit change in t0 (Y/t0) will be
a. 1.
b. + 1.
c. 1.5.
d. 2.
e. + 1.5.