Final Test Flashcards

1
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An increase in _ GDP guarantees that more goods and services are being produced by an economy.

A

Real

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2
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Net Exports are

A

Exports less imports

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3
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GDP can be calculated by summing:

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Consumption, Investment, Government Expenditure and Net Exports

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4
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Transfer payments are excluded when calculating the GDP because:

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They do not reflect current production

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5
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If the demand for a firm’s output unexpectedly decreases and prices are sticky, you would expect its inventory to:

A

Increase

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6
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Assume that price is fixed at $37,000 and that Buzzer Auto needs 5 workers for every 1 automobile produced. How many cars will Buzzer produce and how many workers will it hire?

A

900 cars and 4500 workers

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7
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Which of the following transactions are counted in GDP?

A

Kerry buys a new sweater to wear this winter

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8
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If real GDP grows at 7 percent per year, then real GDP will double in approximately _ years.

A

10

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9
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Place the phases of the business cycle in order, starting with the highest level of GDP:

A

Peak,Recession, Trough, Expansion

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10
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Most economists agree that the immediate cause of the large majority of cyclical changes in the levels of real output and employment is unexpected changes in _

A

The level of total spending

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11
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9 million full time employees, 1 million actively seeking work but are currently unemployed, 2 million discouraged workers who have given up looking for work and are currently unemployed. What is the economy’s unemployment rate?

A

10 percent

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12
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The unemployment rate that is consistent with full emplyment is

A

The natural rate of unemployment

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13
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A country’s current unemployment rate is 11 percent. Economists estimate that its natural rate of unemployment is 6 percent. About how large is this economy’s negative GDP gap?

A

10 percent

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14
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Cost-Push inflation occurs in the presence of _

A

Rising per-unit production costs

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15
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Economists agree that _ inflation reduces real output

A

Cost-push

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16
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Suppose that the CPI was 110 last year and is 108 this year. What is this called

A

Deflation

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17
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Frictional and structural unemployment is inevitable in dynamic economy

18
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Unemployment due to economic downturn and low demand is called

A

Cyclical unemployment

19
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Full employment is when every worker is employed

20
Q

If the MPS rises, then the MPC will?

21
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Irving owns a chain of movie theaters. He is considering whether he should build a new theater downtown. The expected rate of return is 15 percent per year. He can borrow money at a 12 percent interest rate to finance the project. Should Irving proceed with this project?

22
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Which of the following scenarios will shift the investment demand curve right?

A

The expected return on capital increases

23
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If a $50 billion initial increase in spending leads to a $250 billion change in real GDP, how big is the multiplier?

24
Q

Larger MPCs imply larger multipliers

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If total spending is just sufficient to purchase an economy's output, then the economy is in:
Equilibrium
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If the multiplier is 5 and investment increases by $3 billion, equilibrium real GDP will increase by:
$15 billion
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Cost-of-living adjustment clauses (COLAs):
Tie wage increases to changes in the price level
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During periods of hyperinflation
People tend to hold goods rather than money
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Which of the following will reduce and shift the aggregate demand curve?
Interest rates rise.
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Which of the following will increase and shift the aggregate supply curve?
A new networking technology increases productivity all over the economy
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state and explain the tools of monetary policy
Actions that the Federal Reserve System takes – To change interest rates and the money supply – It is aimed at affecting the economy
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what is arbitrage
arbitrage is the practice of taking advantage of a difference in prices in two or more markets – striking a combination of matching deals to capitalize on the difference, the profit being the difference between the market prices at which the unit is traded
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what is a tariff?
Tax on imported goods
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Why do governments impose tariffs
to raise revenue, protect domestic industries, or exert political leverage over another country
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State and explain the basic equation of exchange of monetarism
the equation of exchange, which is expressed as MV = PQ. Here M is the supply of money, and V is the velocity of turnover of money
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Demand pull inflation
Demand Pull Inflation, too much money chasing too few goods, demand outweighs supply
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What is the major cause of macroeconomic instability, as viewed by monetarists?
he monetarists believe that the most significant cause of macroeconomic instability has been inappropriate monetary policy
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Cost push inflation
the input increases
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Demand pull
continues as long as the excess spending continues
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cost push
ends in a recession- but it is self limiting
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core inflation
represents the long run trend in the price level