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Which of the following macro economic variables is the most seasonally pro cyclical. |
Expenditure on services
The unemployment rate
Expenditure on durable goods
The real wage
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2 |
Industries that are extremely sensitive to the business cycle are the. |
Durable goods and service sectors
Nondurable goods and service sectors.
Capital goods and nondurable goods sectors.
Capital goods and durable goods sectors.
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3 |
Which of the following macroeconomic variables is procyclical and lags the business cycle. |
Business fixed investment
Empolyment
Stock prices
Nominal interest rates
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4 |
Which of the following macro economics variables is a cyclical. |
Real interest rates
Unemployment
Money supply
Consumption
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5 |
Which of the following macro economic variables is procyclical and coincident with the business cycle. |
Residential investment
Nominal interest rates
Industrial production
Unempolyment
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6 |
An economic variable that moves in the opposite direction as aggregate economic activity up in is called. |
Pro cyclical
Countercyclical
A cyclical
A leading variable
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7 |
An economics variable that moves in the same direction as aggregate economic activity is called. |
Countercyclical
Procyclical
A cyclical
A leading variable
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8 |
Peaks and trough of the business cycle are known collectively as. |
Volatility
Turning points
Equilibrium point
Real business cycle events
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9 |
When aggregate economic activity is declining , the economy is said to be in. |
A contraction
An expansion
A trough
A turning point
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10 |
When aggregate economic activity increasing the economy is said to be in. |
An expansion
A contraction
A peak
A turning point
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11 |
The low point in the business cycle is referred to as the |
Expansion
Boom
Trough
Peak
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12 |
The through of a business cycle occurs when ______ hits its lowest point. |
Inflation
The money supply
Aggregate economic activity
The unemployment rate
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13 |
Which of the following changes shifts the SRAS curve down. |
An increase in the labor force
An increase in the money supply
A decrease in government purchases
A decrease in firms costs
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14 |
Which of the following changes shifts the long run aggregate supply curve to the right. |
A demographic change that increases the labor supply
A decrease in the demand for labor
An increase in consumer confidence
A decrease in taxes
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15 |
Which of the following changes shifts the SRAS curve up. |
Ani increases in the labor force
A decrease in government purchases
An increase in firms costs
An increase in the money supply
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16 |
The long run aggregate supply curve. |
Is vertical
Slopes upward
Is horizontal
Slopes downward
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17 |
The long run aggregate supply curve |
Is vertical
slopes upward
Is horizontal
Slopes downward
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18 |
The short run aggregate supply curve the absence of misperceptions. |
Is vertical
Slopes upward
Is horizontal
Slopes downward
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19 |
Which of the following changes shifts the AD curve up and to the right. |
A rise in the nominal money supply
An increase in income taxes
An increase in the risk on nonmonetary assets
A decreasing the future marginal productivity of capital.
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20 |
Which of the following changes shifts the AD curve down and to the left. |
A temporary increase in government purchases.
A rise in the nominal money supply
A decrease in corporate taxes
A decrease in consumer confidence
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