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Question # 1

What happens to the money supply if the deficit is financed by selling bonds to the general public.

Question # 2

One of money's primary roles in the economy comes from the use of money to transfer purchasing power to the future This role of money is called.

Question # 3

An increase in the money supply other thighs equal shifts the ______ curve to the

Question # 4

Commercial banks

Question # 5

Time lags which often erode effectiveness of monetary and fiscal policy measures represent.

Question # 6

"Rising productivity does not in itself spell the end of inflation. With enough______ it would still be possible to whip prices into a froth the blank is best filled with.

Question # 7

A shift in tastes toward Pakistan goods ______ net exports and causes the quantity of aggregate output demanded to______

Question # 8

If the Federal reserve conducts open market ________ the money supply _______ shifting the LM curve to the right.

Question # 9

In the Keynesian cross diagram a decline in autonomous consumer expenditure causes the aggregate demand function to shift down The equilibrium level of aggregate output to ___________ and the IS curve to shift to the

Question # 10

A decline in the value of the rupee makes Pakistan goods cheaper relative to foreign goods, resulting in a _________ in net exports and a ________shifts of the IS curve.

Question # 11

By financial crowding our economists mean

Question # 12

When a nations money supply is Rs.1200 billion and the nominal Gros National product is Rs.4800 billion the velocity of money is.

Question # 13

According to the supply side model a reduction in the tax rate.

Question # 14

According to classical models, the level of employment is determined primarily by

Question # 15

A monetary expansion is characterized by

Question # 16

The implementation lag for monetary policy is generally

Question # 17

When there is no change in central banking holding of international reserve balances a country's

Question # 18

The ratio of debt to GDP will be larger

Question # 19

The intersection of the IS and LM curves captures.

Question # 20

How much of the Rs.5 billion dollar increase in government expenditures will be recouped in taxes.

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Sr.# Question Answer
1 How do the banks gain from this corporate behavior.
A. More loans can be made
B. Tax free profits can be made
C. Interest rates can be increased
D. By circumvent banking regulations
2 Large difference is inflation rates among countries are almost always the result of large difference in.
A. Productivity
B. Real income growth
C. The growth rates of real money demand
D. The growth rates of nominal money supplies
3 In the Keynesian cross diagram an increasing investment spending because companies become more optimistic about investment profitability causes the aggregate demand function to shift _____ and the equilibrium level of aggregate output to.
A. up ; rise
B. up ; fall
C. down ;rise
D. down ; fall
4 "Some economists criticized the central bank for not moving in the face of the waning recovery One who prefers anonymity stated the failure to move today leaves us with low inflation a weak economy and climbing jobless claims these are classic signs of an impending downturn The fed fiddles while the economy burns This economist would want to see.
A. A higher interests rate
B. A higher reserve requirement
C. a decrease in the money supply
D. An increase in the money supply
5 In the ISLM framework the decreasing investment spending believed by Keynes to be the cause of the Great Depression would be illustrated by a shift of the ____ curve to the.
A. IS ;right
B. IS ;Left
C. LM ; Left
D. LM ; Right
6 Which of the followig does not shift the IS curve .
A. An increases in autonomous consumption
B. An increase in government spending.
C. A decline in government spending
D. A fall in theinterest rate
7 What major advantage of monetary policy over fiscal policy does this clipping underline.
A. Monetary policy is more effective
B. Monetary policy is lss discriminatory
C. Monetary policy can influence interest rates
D. Monetary policy can be undertaken more quickly
8 If the nominal money supply doubles while real money demand is unchanged what happens to the price level.
A. The price level increases by a factor of four
B. The price level doubles
C. The price level is unchanged
D. The price level falls by one half.
9 Under a fixed exchange rate system an expansionary fiscal policy leads to a
A. Trade account deficit and a capital account surplus.
B. Trade account deficit and a capital account deficit
C. Trade account surplus and a capital account surplus
D. Trade account surplus and a capital accoundt deficit
10 The relation between M2 and inflation is tighter than the relation between M1 and inflation because.
A. M1 is larger than M2
B. The demand for M2 is more stable
C. M1 includes more liquid assets the M2
D. None of the above answers is correct.
11 Other things equal a decrease in autonomous consumption shifts the _____ curve to the
A. IS ; RIGHT
B. IS ; Left
C. LM ; Left
D. LF ; Right
12 An example of nondiscretionary fiscal policy would be.
A. The operation of the welfare state
B. A Federal jobs program adopted to stimulate consumption
C. A tax cut adopted to stimulate consumption
D. An interest rate cut implemented to stimulate consumption
13 "The problem with monetarism is that its advocates have seen it as infallible over short periods of time and wish it to be rigid in its application over all periods of time "The advocates of monetarism wish it to the rigid in its application over all periods of time to.
A. Weaken fiscal policy
B. Avoid monetary policy errors
C. Strengthen the impact of monetary policy
D. Ensure the independence of the central bank
14 In the Keynesian cross diagram an increasing investment spending because companies become more optimistic about investment profitability causes the aggregate demand function to shift ______ and the equilibrium level of aggregate output to rise and the IS curve to shift to the
A. up ; right
B. up ; left
C. down ;left
D. down ; right
15 Over time the wealth of society increases and payments technologies get more efficient What is the effect on money demand of these two changes.
A. Money demand rises proportionately to the rise in wealth.
B. Money demand rises, but less than proportionately to the rise in wealth.
C. The overall effect in ambiguous
D. Money demand declines
16 When the value of the Rupee rises Pakistan goods become _____ expensive relative to foreign goods which ___ exports.
A. more ; iincreases
B. less ; increases
C. more ; decreases
D. more ; increases
17 Despite an expansionary monetary policy an economy experiences a recession the recession could occur in spite of the right ward shift of the LM curve if
A. The IS curve shifts left ward
B. The IS curve shifts right ward
C. The money supply increase
D. Taxes are cut
18 "Although he didn't say so, this may ultimately compet the central bank to resort increasingly to managing the money supply by managing banks excess cash reserves the stuff from which the banks create loans". How would the central bank manages these excess reserves.
A. By buying bonds
B. By selling bonds
C. By changing reserve requirements
D. All of the above
19 A decrease iin money demand other thing equal shifts the _____ curve to the
A. IS ; right
B. Is ; Left
C. LM ; Left
D. LM ; Rfight
20 A Political problem with discretionary fiscal policy is the.
A. Contractionary bias
B. Big state bias
C. Expansionary bias
D. Over reaction bias

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