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A technological improvement will |
Increases the desired capital stock
Decrease the desired capital stock
Have no effect on the desired capital stock
Have the same effect on the desired capital stock as an increase in corporate taxes.
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2 |
Desired national saving would increase unambiguously if there were |
An increase in current output and expected future output
An increase in expected future output and government purchases
An increase in expected future output and the expected real interest rate
A fall in both government purchases and expected future output
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3 |
The yield curve shows |
The yields on stocks of different maturities
The interest rates on bonds of different maturities.
The yields on stocks with differing default risk
The yields on bonds with differing default risk
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4 |
When a person received an increase in wealth, what is likely to happen to consumption and saving. |
Consumption increase and saving increases.
Consumption increases and saving decreases
Consumption decreases and saving increases
Consumption decreases and saving decreases
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5 |
The fraction of additional current income that a person consumes in the current period is known as the |
Consumption smoothing motive
Consumption deficit
Saving rate
marginal propensity to consume
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6 |
The key difference between classical and Keynesian macro economist is their differing beliefs about. |
The slope of the aggregate demand curve
The speed at which prices adjust
The natural rate of unemployment
The full employment level of output
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7 |
In long run a reduction in labor supply would cause output to __ and the aggregate price level to. |
fall ; rise
fall ; fall
rise ; fall
rise ; rise
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8 |
In the long run a reduction in labor supply would cause output to _______ and the aggregate price level to. |
fall; rise
fall ; fall
rise ; fall
rise; rise
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9 |
In the long run, an increase in productivity would cause output to _________ and the aggregate price level to |
fall ; rise
fall ; fall
rise ; fall
rise ; rise
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10 |
According to Keynesian macro economics price adjust _____ to shocks, so the government should. |
Slowly ; do little
Rapidly ; do little
Rapidly ; fight recessions
Slowly ; fight recessions
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11 |
In the long run an increase in government purchases of military equipment would cause output to _________ and the aggregate price level to |
Stay constant fall
fall ; fall
fall ; stay constant
stay constant ; rise
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12 |
In the long run an increase in consumer spending would cause output to ________ and the price level to.___________ |
rise;rise
rise; stay; constant
stay constant ; stay constant
Stay constant ; rise
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13 |
In the short run an increase in export sales would cause output to ______ and the price level to. |
Rise, rise
Rise,; stay; constant
Fall; rise
fall; stay; constant
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14 |
When plotted with the aggregate price level on the vertical axis and output on the horizontal axis, the long run aggregate supply curve. |
slopes upward
Sloped downward
Is vertical
Is horizontal
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15 |
When plotted with the aggregate price level on the vertical axis and output on the horizontal axis which of the following curves is vertical. |
SRAS
AD
LRAS
None of the above
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16 |
When plotted with the aggregate price level on the vertical axis and output on the horizontal axis, which of the following curves slopes downward. |
SRAS
AD
LRAS
None of the above
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17 |
The Ad, SRAS ,and LRAS curve each show a relationship between which two economic variables. |
The aggregate price level and output
The aggregate price level and the interest rate
Output and unemployment
Output and the interest rate.
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18 |
The three main components of the aggregate demand aggregate supply model include. |
AD, SRAS, LM
SRAS, LRAS, IS
AD, IS, LM
AD, SRAS, LRAS
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19 |
Wars new inventions, harvest failures, and change sin government policy are examples of. |
The business cycle
Economics models
Shocks
Opportunity costs
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20 |
Which of the following macro economic variables doesn't vary much ove the seasons. |
The nominal money stock
The unemployment rate
The real wage
Average labor productivity
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