Applying the Asset Market Approach to a Commodity Market: The Case of Gold

1) When stock prices become more volatile, the ________ curve for gold shifts right and gold prices ________, everything else held constant.

A) demand; increase

B) demand; decrease

C) supply; increase

D) supply; decrease

2) A return to the gold standard, that is, using gold for money will ________ the ________ for gold, ________ its price, everything else held constant.

A) increase; demand; increasing

B) decrease; demand; decreasing

C) increase; supply; increasing

D) decrease; supply; increasing

3) When gold prices become more volatile, the ________ curve for gold shifts to the ________; ________ the price of gold.

A) supply; right; increasing

B) supply; left; increasing

C) demand; right; decreasing

D) demand; left; decreasing