Read the paragraph. The weather has been beautiful today. With sunny skies and hot temperatures, it finally feels
like summer. The heavy rains we experienced last week were just temporary, according to the
weather channel. It was nice to be able to leave my umbrella at home this morning!

What does the underlined word temporary mean in the paragraph?

A. related to the seasons
B. related to the weather
C. related to brief time periods
D. related to events in the past

Mankiw attributes – chapter 1 and his 10 principles – differences in living standards within a countryover time and across countries at a moment in time to: a. the presence or absence of inflation and unemployment.b. the allocation of resources between private markets and the public sector.c. those that have dealt successfully with the efficiency v. equality tradeoff and those that haven’t.d. differences in productivity.e. ones that think at the margin and respond to incentives and those that don’t.