Chapter 16 Flashcards

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Disinflation

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A reduction in the inflation rate

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A change in the nominal money supply

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leads in the long run to a change in the aggregate price level that leaves the real quantity of money, at its original level

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Classical model of the price level

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The real quantity of money is always at its long-run equilibrium level

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4
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In the long run, money is ___________

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neutral

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5
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The classical model of the price level is a better approximation of reality for economies experiencing _____________

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high inflation

SRAS shifts more quickly back to long run

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6
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The FED __________ the debt by creating money and buying the debt back from the public through open-market purchases of Treasury bills.

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monetizes

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7
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Economists refer to the revenue generated by the government’s right to print money as _______________, an archaic term that goes back to the middle ages

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seignorage

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8
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Inflation tax

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The reduction in the value of money held by the public caused by inflation

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9
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Real seignorage =

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(∆M/M) x (M/P)

Rate of growth of the money supply x Real money supply

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Potential output

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The level of real GDP that the economy would produce once all prices had fully adjusted

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When actual aggregate output is equal to potential output, _____________________________

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the actual unemployment rate is equal to the natural rate of unemployment

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12
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When the output gap is positive (inflationary gap), the unemployment rate is _______

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below the natural rate

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13
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When the output gap is negative (recessionary gap), the unemployment rate is ______________

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above the natural rate

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14
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Fluctuations of aggregate output around the long-run trend of potential output correspond to ___________________

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fluctuations of the unemployment rate around the natural rate

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15
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Okun’s law

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The negative relationship between the output gap and cyclical unemployment

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16
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short-run Phillips curve

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The negative short-run relationship between the unemployment rate and the inflation rate

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17
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When unemployment rate is low

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inflation is high

18
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When unemployment rate is high, _______

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inflation is low

19
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expected inflation rate

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the rate of inflation that employers and workers expect in the near future

*second most important factor affecting inflation

20
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Expectations about future inflation ___________________

A

directly affect the present inflation rate

21
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An increase in the expected inflation shifts _______________

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the short-run Phillips curve upward

22
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Stagflation

A

Combination of above-average unemployment rates coupled with inflatioin rates unprecedented

23
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To avoid accelerating inflation over time, __________________________________________

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The unemployment rate must be high enough that the actual rate of inflation matches the expected rate of inflation

24
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Nonaccelerating inflation rate of unemployment

“NAIRU”

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The unemployment rate at which inflation does not change over time

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Long-run Phillips curve
Shows the relationship between unemployment and inflation after expectations of inflation have had time to adjust to experience
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Why is the LRPC vertical?
Any unemployment rate below the NAIRU leads to ever-accelerating inflation Any unemployment rate above the NAIRU leads to decelerating inflation
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Natural rate of unemployment
The portion of the unemployment rate unaffected by the swings of the business cycle
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Another definition for NAIRU relationship with natural rate
The level of unemployment the economy needs in order to avoid accelerating inflation is equal to the natural rate of unemployment
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Disinflation
The process of bringing down inflation that is embedded in expectations
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Core inflation rate
The annual rate of change in the "core" consumer price index (CPI)
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Why is there no long-run trade-off between unemployment and inflation?
Once expectations of inflatin adjust, wages will also adjust, returning employment and the unemployment rate to their equilibrium (natural) levels Implies Phillips curve is vertical
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Why is disinflation so costly?
Aggregate output in the short run must typically fall below potential output
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How can we reduce costs of disinflation?
Not allowing inflation to increase in the first place If central bank is credible and announces in advance its policy to reduce inflation
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Deflation
Falling aggregate price level
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Who loses from deflation?
Borrowers
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Overall effect of deflation?
Reduces aggregate demand =\> deepening an economic slump may lead to further deflation
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Debt deflation
The reduction in aggregate demand arising from the increase in the real burden of outstanding debt caused by deflation
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Why does debt deflation occur?
Because borrowers, whose real debt rises as a result of deflation, are likely to cut spending sharply, and lenders, whose real assets are now more valuable, are less likely to increase spending
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**Zero bound** on nominal interest rate
It cannot go below zero
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Liquidity trap
When conventional monetary policy (cutting interest rates) is ineffective because nominal interest rates ae up against the zero bound
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