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The increase in base money divided by the corresponding induced increasing commercial bank deposits is the.
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A. Bank's line of credit
B. Reserve ratio
C. Current ratio
D. Money multipiler
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In the Keynesian corss diagra, an increase in autonomous consumer expenditure causes the aggregate demand function to shift up the equilibrium level of aggregate output to _______ and the IS curve to shift to the _______
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A. rise ; left
B. rise ; right
C. fall ; left
D. fall ; right
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Suppose you are a monetarist and believe in the the monetarist rule which the monetary authorities appear to be following if the economy beings to experience a slight increase in the inflation rte you would recommend that the monetary autorities.
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A. Increase the money growth rate slightly
B. Decrease the money growth rate slightly
C. Leave the money supply growth unchanged
D. Enact a one time slight decrease in the money supply
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When considering any kind of economics indicator, prices are important because.
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A. They reflect the value of goods and services.
B. They are established by the government to control population 's needs
C. They categorize goods and services by their weight
D. Historically they have proved to the good predictors of futures unemployment.
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When a government prints money to finance its expenditures it is likely to cause
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A. Unemployment
B. Inflation
C. Deflation
D. Reductions in the use of barter
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If the Federal reserve conducts open market __ the money supply __ shifting LM curve to the left.
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A. Purchases ; decreases
B. sales ; decreases
C. purchases ; increases
D. sales ; increases
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The investment demand curve shows the relationship between the levels of.
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A. Investment and consumption
B. Consumption and Interest rate
C. Investment and interest rate
D. None
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Money's primary role in the economy comes from the benefits of lowering transactions costs and allowing specialization This function of money is called.
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A. Store of value
B. Medium of exchange
C. Standard of deferred payment
D. Unit of account
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The intersection of the IS and LM curves captures.
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A. The equilibrium of the demand and supply sides of the economy
B. the equivalence of monetary and fiscal policy
C. Joint equilibrium in the goods and money markets
D. All of the above
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The ____ lag for fiscal policy is generally _____ than it is for monetary policy.
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A. Recognition ; shorter
B. Recognition ; longer
C. Implementation ; shorter
D. Implementation ; longer
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The largest source of tax revenue for the federal government is.
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A. The personal income tax
B. The social security tax
C. The property tax
D. The sales tax
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According to classical models, the level of employment is determined primarily by
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A. The level of aggregate demand for goods and services
B. Prices and wages
C. Government taxation
D. Government spending
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Automatic stabilizers
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A. Counter balance fluctuations in economic activity.
B. Reinforce fluctuations in economic activity
C. Do not occur when the economy falls into recession
D. Reduces the size of the deflationary gap
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The economic logic behind granting central bank's independence from governmental the conduct of monetary policy is.
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A. To eliminate seignior age
B. To allow open market operations
C. To enhance the credibility of monetary policy.
D. None of the above
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A sale of bonds by the central bank should cause.
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A. A fall in the interest rate
B. An increase in the money supply
C. A decrease in the reserves of the commercial banks
D. An increase in the commercial banks loans to the public
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"Money deposited for a term is not left in bank vaults but is loaned out by the banks This means that is dollar on deposit can flow back into the banking system one or more times and that dollar can expand the money supply What cnterminlogy do economists use to refer to the proses described in this clip.
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A. The multiplier
B. The money multiplier
C. Required reserve ratio
D. Open market operations
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Factor that cause the IS curve to shift include.
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A. Change in autocoups consumer spending
B. Change in taxes
C. Change in government spending
D. All of the above
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Which school of economic thought suggested that one possible cause of inflation was a push from the cost side.
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A. New classical economists
B. Monetarists
C. Marxists
D. Keynesians
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What is the significance of underestimating transactions money.
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A. Monetary policy will be over simulating the economy
B. Monetary policy will be putting a drag on the economy
C. there is a need for money that the central bank should be meating.
D. The economy has too much money and there frore not enough spending.
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Net taxes are.
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A. Government expenditures minus government revenues.
B. Taxes paid by firms and households to the government minus the transfer payments made to firms and household.
C. Taxes paid by firms and household to the government plus transfer payments made to firms and hose holds.
D. Taxes paid by firms and hose hold to the government minus the cost of collecting the taxes.
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