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A 3.11 L sample of gas initially at 45.0 °C is cooled to 15.0 °C. If the pressure and number of moles constant, what is the final volume of the gas?

The trend in recent years is that more and more governments

The theory of bureaucratic behavior when applied to the Fed helps to explain why the Fed

An important financial institution that assists in the initial sale of securities in the primary market is the ___________________.

Federal deposit insurance covers deposits up to $250,000, but as part of a doctrine called “too-big-to-fail” the FDIC sometimes ends up covering all deposits to avoid disrupting the financial system. When the FDIC does this, it uses the _________________________.

In referring to the below figure, an increase in the quantity of nonborrowed reserves (NBR) in the “normal scenario” through Fed [answer1] results in [answer2] in the [answer3].  

For locational arbitrage to be possible, one bank’s ask rate must be higher than another bank’s bid rate for a currency.

Under purchasing power parity, the future spot exchange rate is a function of the initial spot rate in equilibrium and:

If a government wishes to stimulate its economy in the form of increased foreign demand for its country’s products, it could attempt to weaken its currency.

A country with fixed exchange rates often faces constraints on growth.