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9. A good strategy for planning a comfortable retirement is: |
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| a. Plan to live on Social Security benefits. | |
| b. Save three to six months worth of living expenses. | |
| c. Save 10 to 15 percent of your income while working to fund retirement spending. | |
| d. Start saving for retirement in your 50s, when you reach your peak earning years. | |
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10. Compound interest is: |
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| a. The interest rate adjusted for inflation. | |
| b. The price of using someone else's money. | |
| c. The original amount of money deposited or invested. | |
| d. Interest that you earn on your principal and on the interest you've already earned. | |
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11. In a closed economy, the formula S=I implies that an increase in saving will result in: |
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| a. Firms' increased investment in physical capital. | |
| b. Firms' decreased investment in physical capital. | |
| c. Investors' increased investment in stocks, bonds and mutual funds. | |
| d. Investors' decreased investment in stocks, bonds and mutual funds. | |
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12. When the U.S. Government borrows money to finance deficit spending, |
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| a. It takes a loan from a large foreign bank. | |
| b. It takes a loan from a large American bank. | |
| c. It sells IOUs called U.S. Treasury securities. | |
| d. It receives a loan from the central bank of another nation. | |
Ans.9- Save 10 to 15 percent of your income while working to fund retirement spending.
Ans.10- Interest that you earn on your principal and on the interest you've already earned.
Ans .11- Firms' increased investment in physical capital.
Ans.12- It sells IOUs called U.S. Treasury securities
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