front 1 During a recession the economy experiences | back 1 falling employment and income |
front 2 Which of the following is correct? | back 2 Real GDP is the variable most commonly used to measure short-run economic fluctuations. It is almost impossible to predict these fluctuations with much accuracy. |
front 3 According to classical macroeconomic theory, changes in the money supply effect | back 3 nominal variables, but not real variables |
front 4 The saying "money is a veil" means that | back 4 while nominal variables are the first thing we may observe about an economy, what's important are the real variables and the forces that determine them. |
front 5 Which of the following is included in the aggregate demand for goods and services? | back 5 All of the above are correct. |
front 6 When the price level falls, the quantity of | back 6 consumption goods demanded and the quantity of net exports demanded both rise. |
front 7 The wealth effect, interest rate effect, and exchange rate effect are all explanations for | back 7 The slope of the aggregate demand curve |
front 8 If the price level falls, the real value of the dollar | back 8 rises, so people will want to buy more. |
front 9 The aggregate quantity of goods and services demanded changes as the price level rises because | back 9 real wealth falls, interest rates rise, and the dollar appreciates. |
front 10 When the price level increases, the real value of people's money holdings | back 10 falls, so they buy less. |
front 11 In the context of aggregate demand and aggregate supply, the wealth effect refers to the idea that, when the price level decreases, the real wealth of households | back 11 increases, and as a result consumption spending increases. This effect contributes to the downward slope of the aggregate-demand curve. |
front 12 Other things the same, an increase in the price level induces people to hold | back 12 more money, so they lend less, and the interest rate rises. |
front 13 When the price level falls | back 13 the interest rate falls, so the quantity of goods and services demanded rises. |
front 14 In the context of the aggregate demand curve, the interest rate effect refers to the idea that when the price level increases | back 14 Households increase their holdings of money; in turn, interest rates increase, which reduces spending on investment goods. |
front 15 When the dollar depreciates, US | back 15 net exports rise, which increases the aggregate quantity of goods and services demanded. |
front 16 When the dollar appreciates, US | back 16 net exports fall, which decreases the aggregate quantity of goods and services demanded. |
front 17 Suppose a stock market boom makes people feel wealthier. The increase in wealth would cause people to desire | back 17 increased consumption, which shifts the aggregate demand curve to the right. |
front 18 Suppose a stock market crash makes feel people poorer. This decrease in wealth would induce people to | back 18 decrease consumption, which shifts aggregate demand left. |
front 19 An increase in household saving causes consumption to | back 19 fall, and aggregate demand to decrease. |
front 20 When taxes decrease, consumption | back 20 increases as shown by the shift of the aggregate demand curve to the right |
front 21 When taxes increase, consumption | back 21 decreases, as shown by a shift of the aggregate demand curve to the left. |
front 22 Other things the same, when the government spends more, the initial effect is | back 22 aggregate demand shifts right |
front 23 When the money supply increases | back 23 interest rates fall, and so aggregate demand shifts right. |
front 24 Which of the following shifts aggregate demand to the right? | back 24 The fed buys bonds in an open market. |
front 25 Which of the following would both shift aggregate demand right? | back 25 taxes decrease, and government expenditure increases. |
front 26 If speculators lost confidence in foreign economies and so wanted to buy more US bonds | back 26 the dollar would appreciate which would cause aggregate demand to shift left. |
front 27 If speculators gained greater confidence in foreign economies so that they wanted to buy more assets of foreign countries and fewer US bonds | back 27 the dollar would depreciate which would cause aggregate demand to shift right. |
front 28 The long run aggregate supply curve shifts right if | back 28 All of the above |
front 29 Which of the following shifts long run aggregate supply right? | back 29 an increase in either technology or the human capital stock. |
front 30 Wages tend to be sticky | back 30 because of contracts, social norms, and notions of fairness. |
front 31 The sticky-wage theory of the short run aggregate supply curve says that when the price level is lower than expected | back 31 relative to prices wages are higher and employment falls. |
front 32 People had been expecting the price level to be 120 but it turns out to be 122. In response, Robinson Tire Company increases the number of workers it employs. What could explain this? | back 32 both sticky price theory and sticky wage theory |
front 33 The misperceptions theory of the short run aggregate supply curve says that if the price level is higher than expected, then some firms believe that the relative price of what they produce has | back 33 increased, so they increase production |
front 34 If the price level is higher than expected, firms might raise their production in the short run if | back 34 All of the above are correct |
front 35 Monetary policy and fiscal policy influence | back 35 output in the short run only |
front 36 Monetary policy is determined by | back 36 The federal reserve and involves changing the money supply |
front 37 Fiscal policy is determined by | back 37 The president and Congress and involves changing government spending and taxation |
front 38 The goal of monetary policy and fiscal policy is to | back 38 offset shifts in aggregate demand and thereby stabilize the economy |
front 39 Liquidity preference refers directly to Keyne's theory concerning | back 39 the effects of changes in money demand and supply on interest rates. |
front 40 Liquidity preference theory is most relevant to the | back 40 short run and supposes that the interest rate adjusts to bring money supply and money demand into balance. |
front 41 Liquidity refers to | back 41 the ease with which an asset is converted into a medium of exchange |
front 42 People are likely to want to hold more money if the interest rate | back 42 decreases, making the opportunity cost of holding money fall. |
front 43 When households find themselves holding too much money, they respond by | back 43 purchasing interest earning financial assets and interest rates fall. |
front 44 If the Fed increases money supply | back 44 the interest rate decreases, which tends to raise stock prices |
front 45 According to the interest rate effect, an increase in the price level will | back 45 increase money demand and interest rates. Investment declines. |
front 46 if the federal reserve decided to raise interest rates, it could | back 46 sell bonds to lower the money supply |
front 47 if the stock market booms, then | back 47 aggregate demand increases, which the fed could offset by decreasing the money supply. |
front 48 if the stock market crashes, then | back 48 aggregate demand decreases, which the fed could offset by purchasing bonds |
front 49 suppose that the federal reserve is concerned about the effects of falling stock prices on the economy. What could it do? | back 49 buy bonds to lower the interest rate |
front 50 which of the following is an example of an increase in government purchases? | back 50 the government builds new roads. |
front 51 the multiplier effect states that there are additional shifts in aggregate demand from fiscal policy, because it | back 51 increases income and thereby increases consumer spending |
front 52 The government builds a new water treatment plant. The owner of the company that builds the plant pays her workers. The workers increase their spending. Firms from which the workers buy goods increase their output. This type of effect on spending illustrates | back 52 the multiplier effect |
front 53 the government buys new weapons systems. the manufacturers of weapons pay their employees. the employees spend this money on goods and services. the firms from which the employees buy the goods and services pay their employees. this sequence of events illustrates | back 53 the multiplier effect |
front 54 which of the following correctly explains the crowding out effect? | back 54 an increase in government expenditures increases the interest rates and so reduces investment spending. |
front 55 which of the following is an example of crowding out? | back 55 an increase in government spending increases the interest rates, causing investments to fall. |
front 56 Assume the MPC is 0.72. the multiplier is | back 56 3.57 |
front 57 A reduction in personal income taxes increases aggregate demand through | back 57 an increase in personal consumption. |
front 58 if households view a tax cut as temporary, then the tax cut | back 58 has less of an affect on aggregate demand than if households view it as permanent. |
front 59 which of the following are effects of an increase in government spending financed by a tax increase | back 59 the tax increase reduces consumption; the change in the interest rate reduces residential construction. |
front 60 Monetary policy | back 60 can be implemented quickly, but most of its impact on aggregate demand occurs months after the policy is implemented. |
front 61 if businesses and consumers become pessimistic, the federal reserve can attempt to reduce the impact on the price level and real GDP by | back 61 increasing the money supply, which lowers interest rates. |
front 62 Suppose that businesses and consumers become much more optimistic about the future of the economy. To stabilize output, the federal reserve could | back 62 sell bonds to raise interest rates. |
front 63 Suppose there is an increase in government spending. To stabilize output, the federal reserve would | back 63 decrease the money supply |
front 64 suppose households attempt to increase their money holdings. to stabilize output by countering this increase in money demand, the federal reserve would | back 64 increase the money supply |
front 65 the price of imported oil rises. if the government wanted to stabilize output, which of the following could it do? | back 65 increase government expenditures or increase money supply |
front 66 Critics of stabilization policy argue that | back 66 All of the above are correct |
front 67 Critics of stabilization policy argue that | back 67 Policy affects aggregate demand with a lag, and the effects on aggregate demand are long lived. |
front 68 Critics of stabilization policy argue that | back 68 the lag problem ends up being a cause of economic fluctuations |
front 69 monetary policy affects the economy with a long lag, in part because | back 69 changes in interest rates primarily influence investment spending, and firms make investment plans far in advance. |
front 70 the lag problem associated with fiscal policy is due mostly to | back 70 the political system of checks and balances that slows down the process of implementing fiscal policy. |
front 71 Automatic stabilizers | back 71 are changes in taxes or government spending that increase aggregate demand without requiring policy makers to act when the economy goes into recession. |
front 72 An example of an automatic stabilizer is | back 72 unemployment benefits |
front 73 during periods of expansion, automatic stabilizers cause government expenditures | back 73 to fall and taxes to rise |
front 74 other things the same, during recessions taxes tend to | back 74 fall. the fall in taxes stimulates aggregate demand. |
front 75 in the long run, changes in money supply affect | back 75 prices |
front 76 One determinant of the natural unemployment rate is the | back 76 minimum wage rate |
front 77 In the long run, | back 77 inflation depends primarily upon the money supply growth rate |
front 78 one determinant of the long run average unemployment rate is the | back 78 minimum wage, while the inflation rate depends primarily upon the money supply growth rate. |
front 79 a basis for the slope of the short run Philips curve is that when unemployment is high there are | back 79 downward pressures on prices and wages. |
front 80 the short run relationship between inflation and unemployment is often called | back 80 the Philips curve |
front 81 Economist A.W Philips found a negative correlation between | back 81 wage inflation and unemployment |
front 82 the short run Phillips curve shows the combinations of | back 82 unemployment and inflation that arise in the short run as aggregate demand shifts the economy along the short run aggregate supply curve. |
front 83 when aggregate demand shifts right along the short run supply curve, unemployment | back 83 falls, so there are upward pressures on wages and prices. |