Econ201

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Question 1

If a Phillips curve shows that unemployment is high and inflation is low in the economy, then that economy:

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a)  is producing at its potential GDP.

 
b)  is producing at its equilibrium point.

 
c)  is producing at a point where output is less than potential GDP.

 
d)  is producing at a point where output is more than potential GDP.

 

 

Question 2

In a Keynesian cross diagram, what name is given to the distance between an output level that is below potential GDP and the level of potential GDP?

Question 16 options:

a)  national income (Y)

 
b)  expenditure-output

 
c)  inflationary gap

 
d) recessionary gap

 

 

Question 3

 

Which of the following will cause the multiplier to be smaller and cause changes in investor confidence to have a smaller effect in an economy?

a)  decreased trade

 
b)  bigger leakages

 
c)  increased trade

 
d)  smaller leakages

 

 

Question 4

Aggregate demand is more likely to _________________ than aggregate supply in the short run.

a)  increase slightly

 
b) . decrease substantially

 
c)  shift substantially

 
d)  remain unchanged

 

 

Question 5

Keynesian economics focuses on explaining why recessions and depressions occur, as well as offering a ______________________ for minimizing their effects.

:

a)  policy prescription

 
b)  set of menu costs

 
c)  pricing strategy

 
d)  macro-economic model

 

 

Question 6

 

Which of the following is a distinguishing characteristic of a Keynesian cross diagram?

 

a)  45-degree line

 
b)  real GDP on the horizontal axis

 
c)  a flat line

 
d)  several different Phillips curves

 

 

Question 7

 

Which of the following data would be analyzed to determine whether any shift in the MPI has occurred over the course of the past 5 year period?

a)  interest rates

 
b)  exchange rates

 
c) MPS

 
d)  foreign income

 

 

Question 8

 

According to the _____________________ argument, a market-oriented economy has no obvious way to implement a plan of systematic wage reductions.

a)  sticky wage

 
b)  sticky wage and price

 
c)  coordination

 
d)  Keynesian