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1.
If the price level for the last three months has been 112, 125, and 126, we would say:
a.
b.
c.
d.
2.
Suppose that the price level was 100 in 2001, 110 in 2002, 120 in 2003, and 130 in 2004.
Over these three years,
a.
b.
c.
d.
3.
rises
falls
is not affected.
may rise or fall depending on the amount of inflation.
Along a short-run Phillips curve, suppose the expected inflation rate is 6 percent. If the
inflation rate turns out to be 8 percent instead,
a.
b.
c.
d.
6.
An increase in exports.
An increase in labor productivity.
An increase in government purchases of goods and services.
An increase in the quantity of money.
Because anticipated inflation raises the nominal interest rate, it thereby increases the
dollars paid as interest, so the after-tax real interest rate
a.
b.
c.
d.
5.
the inflation rate accelerated.
inflation did not occur.
prices were stable.
the inflation rate was positive.
Which of the following is a change that would not begin a demand-pull inflation?
a.
b.
c.
d.
4.
inflation has been constant over the three months.
inflation was more rapid between the first and second month than between the
second and third month.
inflation was less rapid between the second month than between the second and
third month.
inflation has steadily increased over the three months.
there is a movement upward along the curve.
there is a movement downward along the curve.
there is a downward shift of the curve.
the difference in the inflation rate does not affect the Phillips curve.
Which of the following statements about the long-run Phillips curve is correct?
a.
b.
The long-run Phillips curve is horizontal.
The long-run Phillips curve shifts leftward of the natural rate of unemployment
decreases.
c.
d.
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When the inflation rate is positive, the
a.
b.
c.
d.
8.
price level.
level of aggregate demand.
level of aggregate supply.
level of taxes.
If investment increases by $300 and, in response, equilibrium aggregate expenditure
increases by $600, the multiplier is
a.
b.
c.
d.
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6 percent
1 percent
11 percent
9 percent
In the Keynesian model of aggregate expenditure, real GDP is determined by the
a.
b.
c.
d.
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a rise in money wage rates.
an increase in government purchases.
an increase in the quantity of money.
a fall in the prices of raw materials.
Suppose that, initially, the nominal interest rate is 6 percent and the expected inflation
rate is 3 percent. If the expected inflation rate increases to 6 percent, what will be the
new nominal interest rate?
a.
b.
c.
d.
10.
real interest rate is greater than the normal interest rate.
real interest rate is less than the nominal interest rate.
nominal interest rate is zero.
real interest rate equals the nominal interest rate.
Cost-push inflation might start with
a.
b.
c.
d.
9.
The long-run Phillips curve shifts rightward and upward if the expected inflation
rate increases.
None of the above statement is correct.
0.2
0.5
2
5
Disposable income is $6 billion and planned savings is $2 billion. What is the value of
planned consumption expenditure?
a.
$8 billion
b.
c.
d.
13.
Critics of the real business cycle model argue that
a.
b.
c.
d.
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c.
d.
the pace of technological change
climate fluctuations
the growth rate of money
natural disasters
In real business cycle theory, the unemployment rate ________ the natural rate in an
expansion and _________ the natural rate in a recession.
a.
b.
c.
d.
18.
the stock market crash of 1929
a massive contraction of the quantity of money, leading to large decreases in
aggregate demand.
an expansion of the quantity of money, leading to higher inflation.
loss of business and consumer confidence.
In real business cycle theory, all of the following events can be sources of fluctuation in
productivity except ___________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
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remained low as wages fell.
climbed to 10 percent.
climbed to 25 percent.
remained stable but asset prices fell.
According to monetarists such as Milton Friedman, the Great Depression was the result
of
a.
b.
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investment spending is strongly related to the real interest rate.
labor supply is only weakly related to the real interest rate.
investment spending is only weakly related to the real interest rate.
labor supply is very strongly related to the real interest rate.
During the Great Depression, the unemployment rate
a.
b.
c.
d.
15.
0.33
0.67
$4 billion
is equal to; rises above
falls below; is equal to
falls below; rises above
is equal to; is equal to
If the government’s expenditures are $1.5 trillion and its tax revenues are $2.2 trillion,
the government is running a budget
a.
b.
c.
d.
19.
A structural deficit occurs when the government budget has a deficit
a.
b.
c.
d.
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it helps finance investment.
it crowds-out private saving.
it must be subtracted from private saving.
it increase the world real interest rate.
The Ricardo-Barro effects asserts that government
a.
b.
c.
d.
24.
decreases; decreases
increases; increases
decrease; increases
increases; decreases
When a government has a budget surplus,
a.
b.
c.
d.
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budget surplus; budget debt
budget deficit; budget surplus
budget debt; budget surplus
budget surplus; budget deficit
Contractionary fiscal policy _________ aggregate demand and in the short run _____ real
GDP.
a.
b.
c.
d.
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even though real GDP is less than potential GDP.
even though real GDP is greater than structural GDP.
even though real GDP is equal to potential GDP.
that is nominal, as opposed to real budget deficit.
When tax revenues exceed expenditures, the government has a __________, and when
expenditures exceed tax revenues, the government has a ___________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
21.
surplus of $0.7 trillion.
surplus of $3.7 trillion.
deficit of $0.7 trillion.
deficit of $3.7 trillion.
saving affects private saving.
budget deficits crowd out private borrowing.
spending affects private spending.
taxation raises interest rates.
If workers and employers base their wages on an inflation forecast that turns out to be
correct,
a.
workers gain at the expense of employers.
b.
c.
d.
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employers gain at the expense of workers.
both workers and employers lose from the inflation.
neither workers nor employers gain or lose from the inflation.
Which of the following statement is correct?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Actual aggregate expenditures does not always equal real GDP.
Planned investment exceeds actual investment when real GDP is greater than
aggregate planned expenditures.
Actual investment exceeds planned investment when real GDP is less than
aggregate planned expenditures.
None of the above are correct.