Author Question: How does inclusion of the current revenues and expenditures of the Social Security trust fund into ... (Read 138 times)

jCorn1234 · **on:** Jun 30, 2018

How does inclusion of the current revenues and expenditures of the Social Security trust fund into the budget calculation affect the reported budget deficit of the federal government?
a. It increases the reported deficit.
b. It reduces the reported deficit.
c. It exerts no effect on the reported deficit.
d. It increases the deficit during an economic boom but reduces it during a recession.

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true?
a. A tariff is a physical limit on the quantity of a good allowed to enter a country.
b. An embargo is a tax on an imported good.
c. A quota is a law that bars trade with another country.
d. When a nation exports more than it imports it is running a balance of trade surplus.