EconoQuiz!

1. Across the entire United States, which part of the government -- FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL -- had the biggest job losses in June (in percentage terms)? *

local government payrolls
state goverment payrolls
federal government payrolls
None. Federal, state and local government payrolls all grew.

3. What percent of its gross domestic product did the United States spend on health care in 2007? *

4.0 percent
8.8 percent
12.1 percent
16.0 percent

4. What percent of G.D.P. did the average O.E.C.D. country (not including the United States) spend on health care in 2007? *

4.0 percent
8.8 percent
12.1 percent
16.0 percent

5. In which American state is the county with the highest (seasonally unadjusted) unemployment rate? * (in May 2009)

6. In which American state is the county with the lowest (seasonally unadjusted) unemployment rate? * (in May 2009)

7. Accounting for inflation, which movie grossed the highest United States ticket sales ever? *

8. How many government-administered health care systems are there in Canada? *

1
0
12
15

9. Who made the following statement this week? * "Finance, therefore — through the renewed structures and operating methods that have to be designed after its misuse, which wreaked such havoc on the real economy — now needs to go back to being an instrument directed towards improved wealth creation and development."

Ben S. Bernanke, Federal Reserve chairman
Elizabeth Warren, chairwoman of the Congressional Oversight Panel created to oversee the banking bailout
Pope Benedict XVI
Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University economist
President Obama

10. What was the final number of claims from victims of Bernard L. Madoff’s Ponzi scheme? *

1,800
32,100
15,400
108,000

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