CH 26 Ad & As
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Figure 26.1.1
1) Refer to Figure 26.1.1. Which graph illustrates what happens when factor prices decrease?
A) (a)
B) (b)
C) (c)
D) (d)
E) (a) and (b)
Topic: Aggregate Supply
2) Refer to Figure 26.1.1. Which graph illustrates what happens when factor prices rise?
A) (a)
B) (b)
C) (c)
D) (d)
E) (a) and (b)
Topic: Aggregate Supply
3) Which one of the following newspaper quotations describes a movement along an LAS curve?
A) "Growth has been unusually high the last few years due to more women entering the labour force."
B) "The decrease in consumer spending may lead to a recession."
C) "The recent tornadoes destroyed many factories in Calgary and Edmonton."
D) "Recent higher wage settlements are expected to cause higher inflation this year."
E) "The increase in consumer spending is expected to lead to inflation, without any increase in real GDP."
Topic: Aggregate Supply
4) Which one of the following newspaper quotations describes a shift of only the SAS curve?
A) "The increase in consumer spending is expected to lead to inflation, without any increase in real GDP."
B) "Recent higher wage settlements are expected to cause higher inflation this year."
C) "Growth has been unusually high the last few years due to more women entering the work force."
D) "The decrease in consumer spending may lead to a recession."
E) "The recent tornadoes destroyed many factories in Calgary and Edmonton."
Topic: Aggregate Supply
5) Which one of the following newspaper quotations describes a rightward shift of the LAS curve?
A) "The recent tornadoes destroyed many factories in Calgary and Edmonton."
B) "Recent higher wage settlements are expected to cause higher inflation this year."
C) "The increase in consumer spending is expected to lead to inflation, without any increase in real GDP."
D) "Growth has been unusually high the last few years due to more women entering the work force."
E) "The decrease in consumer spending may lead to a recession."
Topic: Aggregate Supply
6) Which one of the following newspaper quotations describes a leftward shift of the LAS curve?
A) "The increase in consumer spending is expected to lead to inflation, without any increase in real GDP."
B) "The decrease in consumer spending may lead to a recession."
C) "Recent higher wage settlements are expected to cause higher inflation this year."
D) "The recent tornadoes destroyed many factories in Calgary and Edmonton."
E) "Growth has been unusually high the last few years due to more women entering the work force."
Topic: Aggregate Supply
7) Which of the following does not change short-run aggregate supply?
A) A change in the full-employment quantity of labour.
B) A change in expected future profits.
C) Technological change.
D) A change in the money wage rate.
E) An increase in the quantity of capital.
Topic: Aggregate Supply
8) Complete the following sentence. Potential GDP
A) does not vary with the price level.
B) never changes.
C) increases as the price level rises.
D) increases as the quantity of money in the economy increases.
E) is the level of real GDP when unemployment is zero.
Topic: Aggregate Supply
9) A vertical long-run aggregate supply curve indicates that
A) an increase in the price level will permit the economy to achieve a higher level of output.
B) an increase in the price level will increase technological change and economic growth.
C) the long-run aggregate supply curve never shifts.
D) output rates greater than the long-run output rate are unattainable.
E) an increase in the price level will not expand an economy's output in the long run.
Topic: Aggregate Supply
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16) Suppose there is an increase in the quantity of capital. As a result, the SAS
A) curve does not shift but the LAS curve shifts rightward.
B) and the LAS curves both shift leftward.
C) shifts rightward, but the LAS curve does not shift.
D) and the LAS curves both shift rightward.
E) curve does not shift but the LAS curve shifts leftward.
Topic: Aggregate Supply
17) Potential GDP is the level of real GDP at which
A) there is over-full employment.
B) aggregate demand equals short-run aggregate supply.
C) prices are sure to rise.
D) there is full employment.
E) there is a recessionary gap.
Topic: Aggregate Supply
18) A technological advance shifts
A) LAS rightward but leaves SAS unchanged.
B) both SAS and LAS leftward.
C) both SAS and LAS rightward.
D) both SAS and AD rightward.
E) SAS rightward but leaves LAS unchanged.
Topic: Aggregate Supply
19) An increase in oil prices to a country that is a net importer of oil shifts
A) the short-run aggregate supply curve leftward, but leaves the long-run aggregate supply curve unchanged.
B) the short-run aggregate supply curve leftward, but shifts the long-run aggregate supply curve rightward.
C) both the short-run aggregate supply and long-run aggregate supply curves leftward.
D) both the short-run aggregate supply and long-run aggregate supply curves rightward.
E) the long-run aggregate supply curve rightward, but leaves the short-run aggregate supply curve unchanged.
Topic: Aggregate Supply
20) If the money wage rate falls, then
A) firms hire less labour.
B) the SAS curve shifts rightward.
C) the AD curve shifts rightward.
D) the LAS curve shifts rightward.
E) C and D.
Topic: Aggregate Supply
21) Long-run aggregate supply will increase for all of the following reasons except
A) a fall in the money wage rate.
B) an increase in human capital.
C) an increase in the full-employment quantity of labour.
D) an increase in the quantity of capital.
E) the introduction of new technology.
Topic: Aggregate Supply
22) An increase in the money wage rate shifts
A) SAS leftward, but leaves LAS unchanged.
B) SAS rightward, but leaves LAS unchanged.
C) both SAS and LAS leftward.
D) LAS rightward, but leaves SAS unchanged.
E) both SAS and LAS rightward.
Topic: Aggregate Supply
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34) Your total wealth is $1,000, which you are holding in your savings account. If the price level rises by 10 percent, your
wealth
A) is worth 10 percent less than before the price level change.
B) is unchanged.
C) increases by an unknown amount.
D) decreases to $990.
E) increases to $1,100.
Topic: Aggregate Demand
35) If the price level rises, then the wealth effect leads to
A) a decrease in real wealth, a decrease in current consumption expenditure, and an increase in saving.
B) an increase in real wealth, an increase in current consumption expenditure, and an increase in saving.
C) a decrease in real wealth, an increase in current consumption expenditure, and a decrease in saving.
D) an increase in real wealth, an increase in current consumption expenditure, and a decrease in saving.
E) a decrease in real wealth, an increase in current consumption expenditure, and an increase in saving.
Topic: Aggregate Demand
36) Which one of the following factors will not shift the aggregate demand curve?
A) An increase in the quantity of money.
B) An increase in the interest rate.
C) An increase in the price level.
D) An increase in the expected inflation rate.
E) An increase in expected future profits.
Topic: Aggregate Demand
37) If a change in wealth is induced by a change in the price level, then this would be shown as a
A) movement along the aggregate demand curve due to the substitution effects.
B) movement along the aggregate demand curve.
C) movement along the aggregate supply curve.
D) shift of the aggregate demand curve due to the wealth effect.
E) shift of the aggregate demand curve due to the substitution effects.
Topic: Aggregate Demand
38) Everything else remaining the same, an increase in the quantity of money
A) creates a movement down along the aggregate demand curve.
B) shifts the aggregate supply curve rightward.
C) shifts the aggregate demand curve leftward.
D) shifts the aggregate supply curve leftward.
E) shifts the aggregate demand curve rightward.
Topic: Aggregate Demand
39) Everything else remaining the same, which one of the following increases aggregate demand?
A) A decrease in the price level.
B) An increase in taxes.
C) An increase in transfer payments.
D) A decrease in government spending.
E) A decrease in the quantity of money.
Topic: Aggregate Demand
40) Everything else remaining the same, an increase in the interest rate increases saving and
A) increases aggregate demand through the wealth effect.
B) decreases aggregate demand through the international substitution effect.
C) increases aggregate demand through the international substitution effect.
D) decreases aggregate demand through the intertemporal substitution effect.
E) increases aggregate demand through the intertemporal substitution effect.
Topic: Aggregate Demand
41) Everything else remaining the same, an increase in foreign income
A) increases Canada's aggregate demand.
B) decreases Canada's aggregate supply.
C) decreases Canada's aggregate demand.
D) creates a movement downward along Canada's aggregate demand curve.
E) increases Canada's aggregate supply.
Topic: Aggregate Demand
42) Which one of the following is a reason for the negative slope of the aggregate demand curve?
A) the real wage effect
B) the substitution effects
C) the income effect
D) the expected inflation effect
E) the nominal balance effect
Topic: Aggregate Demand
43) Which one of the following shifts the aggregate demand curve leftward?
A) An increase in taxes.
B) A decrease in the interest rate.
C) An increase in the money wage rate.
D) An increase in the price level.
E) An increase in expected inflation.
Topic: Aggregate Demand
Figure 26.2.1
44) Refer to Figure 26.2.1. Which graph illustrates what happens when government expenditure increases?
A) (a)
B) (b)
C) (c)
D) (d)
E) None of the above
Topic: Aggregate Demand
45) Refer to Figure 26.2.1. Which graph illustrates what happens when the quantity of money decreases?
A) (a)
B) (b)
C) (c)
D) (d)
E) None of the above
Topic: Aggregate Demand
46) Refer to Figure 26.2.1. Which graph illustrates what happens when expected future income increases?
A) (a)
B) (b)
C) (c)
D) (d)
E) None of the above.
Topic: Aggregate Demand
47) Refer to Figure 26.2.1. Which graph illustrates what happens when government expenditure decreases?
A) (a)
B) (b)
C) (c)
D) (d)
E) (a) and (b)
Topic: Aggregate Demand
48) Refer to Figure 26.2.1. Which graph illustrates what happens when the quantity of money increases?
A) (a)
B) (b)
C) (c)
D) (d)
E) (a) and (b)
Topic: Aggregate Demand
49) Which of the following does not change aggregate demand?
A) An increase in expected future income.
B) A rise in the exchange rate.
C) A change in monetary policy.
D) An advance in technology.
E) A change in fiscal policy.
Topic: Aggregate Demand
50) Everything else remaining the same, an increase in the expected inflation rate
A) shifts the aggregate demand curve rightward.
B) creates a movement up along the aggregate demand curve.
C) shifts the aggregate demand curve leftward.
D) shifts the short-run aggregate supply curve leftward.
E) shifts the long-run aggregate supply curve rightward.
Topic: Aggregate Demand
51) Which one of the following newspaper quotations describes a movement along an SAS curve?
A) "Recent higher wage settlements are expected to cause higher inflation this year."
B) "The recent tornadoes destroyed many factories in Calgary and Edmonton."
C) "Growth has been unusually high the last few years due to more women entering the labour force."
D) "The increase in consumer spending is expected to lead to inflation, without any increase in real GDP."
E) "The decrease in consumer spending may lead to a recession."
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
52) Full employment equilibrium occurs when
A) real GDP equals potential GDP and the wage level is set so that the GDP deflator equals 100.
B) all who are willing and able to work, are working.
C) aggregate demand equals short-run aggregate supply.
D) all who are willing and able to work, are working and the wage level is set so that the GDP deflator equals 100.
E) real GDP equals potential GDP.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
53) A recessionary gap is the amount by which
A) demand will increase to achieve full employment at a given price level.
B) the price level must adjust to achieve full employment.
C) the supply curve must increase to achieve full employment at a given price level.
D) potential GDP exceeds real GDP.
E) real GDP exceeds potential GDP.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
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Figure 26.3.1
57) Refer to Figure 26.3.1. Short-run macroeconomic equilibrium real GDP in Econoworld is
A) $400 billion.
B) $520 billion.
C) $480 billion.
D) $360 billion.
E) $440 billion.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
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58) Refer to Figure 26.3.1. When the economy of Econoworld is in short-run macroeconomic equilibrium, the price level is
A) 85.
B) 100.
C) 90.
D) 70.
E) 75.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
59) Refer to Figure 26.3.1. Econoworld is at its short-run macroeconomic equilibrium. There is a difference between
________ real GDP and potential GDP of $________ billion.
A) below full-employment equilibrium; 20
B) above full-employment equilibrium; 20
C) full-employment equilibrium; 0
D) above full-employment equilibrium; 40
E) below full-employment equilibrium; 40
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
60) Refer to Figure 26.3.1. As Econoworld automatically adjusts to long-run equilibrium, the
A) AD curve shifts rightward.
B) LAS curve shifts leftward.
C) SAS curve shifts leftward.
D) AD curve shifts leftward.
E) SAS curve shifts rightward.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
61) Refer to Figure 26.3.1. If Econoworld automatically adjusts to a long-run equilibrium, then in the long-run
macroeconomic equilibrium
A) the price level is 70.
B) real GDP is $440 billion.
C) actual unemployment exceeds the natural unemployment rate.
D) potential GDP is greater than in the short run.
E) both A and B.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
62) Refer to Figure 26.3.1. Consider statements (1) and (2) and select the correct answer.
(1) The economy of Econoworld is experiencing an above full-employment equilibrium.
(2) SAS will automatically shift rightward as the economy adjusts to long-run equilibrium.
A) (1) and (2) are false.
B) (1) is true; (2) is false.
C) (1) is true; (2) is true if unemployment is below the natural rate.
D) (2) is true; (1) is false.
E) (1) and (2) are true.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
63) Refer to Figure 26.3.1. Consider statements (1) and (2) and select the correct answer.
(1) The actual unemployment rate exceeds the natural unemployment rate.
(2) Short-run aggregate supply will automatically shift leftward as the economy adjusts to long-run equilibrium.
A) (2) is true; (1) is false.
B) (1) is true; (2) is true if the money wage rate falls.
C) (1) and (2) are false.
D) (1) is true; (2) is false.
E) (1) and (2) are true.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
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64) Refer to Figure 26.3.1. Consider statements (1) and (2) and select the correct answer.
(1) The economy of Econoworld is experiencing a below full-employment equilibrium.
(2) The actual unemployment rate equals the natural unemployment rate.
A) (1) is true; (2) is false.
B) (2) is true; (1) is false.
C) (1) is true; (2) is true if the natural unemployment rate is too high.
D) (1) and (2) are true.
E) (1) and (2) are false.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
Use the figure below to answer the following questions.
Figure 26.3.2
65) Refer to Figure 26.3.2. Short-run macroeconomic equilibrium real GDP in Mythlo is ________ billion.
A) $550
B) $600
C) $650
D) $475
E) $500
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
66) Refer to Figure 26.3.2. When the economy of Mythlo is in short-run macroeconomic equilibrium, the price level is
A) 80.
B) 95.
C) 65.
D) 70.
E) 75.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
67) Refer to Figure 26.3.2. In Mythlo there is a difference between the ________ equilibrium real GDP and potential GDP of
________ billion.
A) above full-employment; $25
B) above full-employment; $50
C) below full-employment; $50
D) full employment; 0
E) below full-employment; $25
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
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68) Refer to Figure 26.3.2. As the economy of Mythlo automatically adjusts to long-run equilibrium, the
A) AD curve shifts rightward.
B) SAS curve shifts rightward.
C) SAS curve shifts leftward.
D) LAS curve shifts rightward.
E) AD curve shifts leftward.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
69) Refer to Figure 26.3.2. Currently in Mythlo
A) potential GDP is greater than equilibrium GDP.
B) there is a below full-employment equilibrium.
C) there is a recessionary gap.
D) the actual unemployment rate is less than the natural unemployment rate.
E) the actual unemployment rate is equal to the natural unemployment rate.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
70) Refer to Figure 26.3.2. If the economy of Mythlo automatically adjusts to long-run equilibrium, then
A) real GDP is $600 billion.
B) the actual unemployment rate exceeds the natural unemployment rate.
C) the SAS curve shifts rightward.
D) the price level rises to 90.
E) potential GDP decreases.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
71) Refer to Figure 26.3.2. Consider statements (1) and (2) and select the correct answer.
(1) The economy of Mythlo is experiencing an above full-employment equilibrium.
(2) SAS will automatically shift rightward as the economy adjusts to long-run equilibrium.
A) (2) is true; (1) is false.
B) (1) and (2) are false.
C) (1) and (2) are true.
D) (1) is true; (2) is false.
E) (1) is true; (2) is true only if the LAS curve shifts rightward at the same time.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
72) Refer to Figure 26.3.2. Consider statements (1) and (2) and select the correct answer.
(1) The actual unemployment rate exceeds the natural unemployment rate in the short run.
(2) SAS automatically shifts rightward as the economy adjusts to long-run equilibrium.
A) (1) and (2) are false.
B) (1) is false; (2) is true if the LAS curve shifts rightward at the same time.
C) (1) and (2) are true.
D) (2) is true; (1) is false.
E) (1) is true; (2) is false.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
73) Short-run macroeconomic equilibrium always occurs when the
A) economy is below full employment.
B) economy is above full employment.
C) AD curve intersects the LAS curve.
D) quantity of real GDP demanded equals the quantity of real GDP supplied.
E) economy is at full employment.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
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Figure 26.3.3
74) Refer to Figure 26.3.3. Which one of the graphs illustrates a below full-employment equilibrium?
A) (a) only
B) (b) only
C) (c) only
D) (d) only
E) both (c) and (d)
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
75) Refer to Figure 26.3.3. Which of the graphs illustrates an above full-employment equilibrium?
A) (a) only
B) (b) only
C) (c) only
D) (d) only
E) both (c) and (d)
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
76) Refer to Figure 26.3.3. In which of the graphs would we predict that eventually the price level will rise and real GDP
will fall, all else remaining the same?
A) (a) only
B) (d) only
C) (b) only
D) (c) and (d)
E) (c) only
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
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77) Refer to Figure 26.3.3. In which of the graphs would we predict that eventually the price level will fall and real GDP
will decrease, all else remaining the same?
A) (a)
B) (b)
C) (c)
D) (d)
E) none of the graphs
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
78) Refer to Figure 26.3.3. Which one of the graphs illustrates a full-employment equilibrium?
A) (a) only
B) (b) only
C) (c) only
D) (d) only
E) (c) and (d)
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
79) Refer to Figure 26.3.3. In which of the graphs would we predict that eventually the price level will fall and real GDP
will increase, all else remaining the same?
A) (a) only
B) (b) only
C) (c) only
D) (d) only
E) (c) and (d)
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
80) Refer to Figure 26.3.3. In which of the graphs would we predict that eventually the price level will fall and real GDP
will increase, all else remaining the same?
A) (a) only
B) (b) only
C) (c) only
D) (d) only
E) (c) and (d)
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
81) Refer to Figure 26.3.3(a). You might expect the government to
A) raise taxes.
B) do nothing except maintain the current equilibrium.
C) increase government expenditure.
D) pursue trade policies that reduce exports.
E) cut government expenditure.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
82) Refer to Figure 26.3.3(b). You might expect the government to
A) raise taxes.
B) increase government expenditure.
C) pursue trade policies that reduce exports.
D) cut government expenditure.
E) do nothing except maintain the current equilibrium.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
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89) We observe a decrease in the price level and an increase in real GDP. Which of the following is a possible explanation?
A) A decrease in the quantity of money.
B) An increase in factor prices.
C) A decrease in expected future income.
D) An increase in expected future profits.
E) An increase in the quantity of capital.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
90) The economy cannot remain indefinitely with real GDP greater than potential GDP because the money wage rate will
A) increase, shifting the SAS curve rightward.
B) decrease, shifting the LAS curve rightward.
C) increase, shifting the LAS curve leftward.
D) increase, shifting the SAS curve leftward.
E) decrease, shifting the SAS curve rightward.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
91) If real GDP is less than potential GDP, then the economy is
A) not in short-run equilibrium.
B) in a full-employment equilibrium.
C) in an above full-employment equilibrium.
D) in long-run equilibrium.
E) in a below full-employment equilibrium.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
Use the table below to answer the following questions.
Table 26.3.1
Price
Aggregate
Short-Run
Long-Run
Level
Demand
Aggregate Supply
Aggregate Supply
(2002=100) (billions of 2002 dollars) (billions of 2002 dollars) (billions of 2002 dollars)
100
800
300
600
110
700
400
600
120
600
500
600
130
500
600
600
140
400
700
600
92) Refer to Table 26.3.1. Consider the economy represented in the table. In short-run macroeconomic equilibrium, the
price level is ________ and the level of real GDP is ________ billion.
A) 120; $500
B) 125; $550
C) 130; $600
D) 130; $500
E) 120; $600
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
93) Refer to Table 26.3.1. Consider the economy represented in the table. The economy is in
A) a below full-employment equilibrium, and factor prices will decrease.
B) a below full-employment equilibrium, and factor prices will increase.
C) an above full-employment equilibrium, and factor prices will increase.
D) an above full-employment equilibrium, and factor prices will decrease.
E) a long-run equilibrium, and resource prices will not change.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
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94) Refer to Table 26.3.1. Consider the economy represented in the table. There is
A) neither an inflationary nor a recessionary gap because the economy is at full employment.
B) an inflationary gap equal to $50 billion.
C) a recessionary gap equal to $100 billion.
D) a recessionary gap equal to $50 billion.
E) an inflationary gap equal to $100 billion.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
95) Refer to Table 26.3.1. Consider the economy represented in the table. The economy eventually moves to its long-run
equilibrium. In long-run equilibrium, the price level is ________ and real GDP is ________ billion.
A) 120; $600
B) 130; $500
C) 125; $550
D) 130; $600
E) 120; $500
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
96) Refer to Table 26.3.1. As this economy moves to long-run equilibrium, the
A) LAS curve shifts leftward.
B) SAS curve shifts leftward.
C) SAS curve shifts rightward.
D) AD curve shifts rightward.
E) AD curve shifts leftward.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
97) Consider an economy starting from a position of full employment. Which one of the following changes does not occur
as a result of a decrease in aggregate demand?
A) The level of real GDP decreases in the short run.
B) A recessionary gap arises.
C) The price level decreases.
D) The long-run aggregate supply curve shifts leftward to create the new long-run equilibrium.
E) Factor prices decrease in the long run, shifting the short-run aggregate supply curve rightward.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
98) Consider an economy starting from a position of full employment. Which one of the following occurs as a result of an
advance in technology?
A) Factor prices rise in the long run, shifting the short-run aggregate supply curve leftward.
B) The price level falls.
C) The long-run aggregate supply curve shifts leftward to create the new long-run equilibrium.
D) Real GDP decreases in the short run.
E) An inflationary gap arises.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
99) Consider an economy starting from a position of full employment. Which one of the following changes does not occur
as a result of an increase in aggregate demand?
A) Real GDP increases in the short run.
B) An inflationary gap arises.
C) The price level rises.
D) Factor prices rise in the long run, shifting the short-run aggregate supply curve to the left.
E) The long-run aggregate supply curve shifts rightward to create the new long-run equilibrium.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
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Figure 26.3.4
100) Refer to Figure 26.3.4. The changes represented
A) increase real GDP.
B) lead to an inflationary gap.
C) cannot occur because aggregate demand and short-run aggregate supply cannot change at the same time.
D) cause a proportionate increase in long run aggregate supply.
E) lead to a recessionary gap.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
101) All of the following will raise the price level except
A) an increase in the quantity of money.
B) aggregate demand increases.
C) aggregate demand increases and short-run aggregate supply decreases.
D) short-run aggregate supply decreases.
E) an increase in the quantity of capital.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
102) Which of the following will lower the price level for sure?
A) The LAS curve shifts leftward.
B) The AD curve shifts rightward and the SAS curve remains unchanged.
C) The AD curve shifts rightward and the SAS curve shifts leftward.
D) The SAS curve shifts leftward.
E) None of the above.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
103) If real GDP is greater than potential GDP, we would expect
A) potential GDP to decrease.
B) the money wage rate to rise.
C) the money wage rate to fall.
D) potential GDP to increase.
E) A and C.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
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2004
8.1
4.2
2005
8.3
4.7
2006
7.3
4.6
105) Refer to Table 26.3.2. The International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook database provides the data given in
the table for India in 2004, 2005 and 2006.
The numbers in the table are consistent with
A) increases in long-run and short-run aggregate supply and even larger decreases in aggregate demand.
B) increases in short-run aggregate supply and no change in aggregate demand.
C) increases in long-run and short-run aggregate supply and even greater increases in aggregate demand.
D) increases in short-run aggregate supply and increases in aggregate demand, but the increases in aggregate
demand are smaller than the increases in short-run aggregate supply.
E) decreases in long-run and short-run aggregate supply and even greater decreases in aggregate demand.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
106) Economic growth results when there are increases in
A) the inflationary gap.
B) the real wage rate.
C) aggregate demand.
D) long-run aggregate supply.
E) short-run aggregate supply resulting from falling money wage rates and falling factor prices.
Topic: Explaining Macroeconomic Fluctuations
107) Which of the following news quotes best describes a Keynesian view of a recession?
A) "The anti-inflationary policy of the Bank of Canada is increasing spending."
B) "The unexpectedly tight fiscal policy is raising spending and lowering unemployment."
C) "Businesses are very worried about future sales and have lowered their purchases of capital equipment."
D) "Rapid computerization is creating obsolete workers and higher unemployment."
E) "The cuts in government spending have helped lower consumer spending and created unemployment."
Topic: Macroeconomic Schools of Thought
108) Which of the following news quotes best describes a new classical view of a recession?
A) "The cuts in government spending have helped lower consumer spending and created unemployment."
B) "Rapid computerization is creating obsolete workers and higher unemployment."
C) "The anti-inflationary policy of the Bank of Canada is increasing spending."
D) "Businesses are very worried about future sales and have lowered their purchases of capital equipment."
E) "The unexpectedly tight fiscal policy is raising spending and lowering unemployment."
Topic: Macroeconomic Schools of Thought
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109) A ________ macroeconomist believes that the economy is self-regulating and always at full employment.
A ________ macroeconomist believes the economy requires active help from fiscal policy and monetary policy to
maintain full employment.
A) Keynesian; new Keynesian
B) classical; Keynesian
C) monetarist; classical
D) new classical; monetarist
E) classical; monetarist
Topic: Macroeconomic Schools of Thought
110) A ________ macroeconomist believes that business cycle fluctuations are the efficient responses of a well-functioning
market economy that is bombarded by shocks that arise from the uneven pace of technological change.
A ________ macroeconomist believes that the short-run aggregate supply curve is horizontal at a fixed price level.
A) classical; monetarist
B) new classical; new Keynesian
C) Keynesian; new Keynesian
D) monetarist; new classical
E) new classical; monetarist
Topic: Macroeconomic Schools of Thought
111) A ________ macroeconomist believes that business cycle fluctuations are the efficient responses of a well-functioning
market economy that is bombarded by shocks that arise from the uneven pace of technological change.
A ________ macroeconomist believes that the short-run aggregate supply curve is horizontal at a fixed price level.
A) Keynesian; new Keynesian
B) new classical; monetarist
C) monetarist; new classical
D) classical; monetarist
E) new classical; new Keynesian
Topic: Macroeconomic Schools of Thought
112) Which of the following statements about the monetarist view of the macroeconomy is incorrect?
A) The money wage rate is sticky.
B) Left alone, the economy rarely operates at full employment.
C) Provided that the quantity of money is kept on a steady growth path, no active stabilization is needed to offset
changes in aggregate demand.
D) Taxes should be kept low to avoid disincentive effects that decrease potential GDP.
E) All recessions result from inappropriate monetary policy.
Topic: Macroeconomic Schools of Thought
113) Which of the following statements about the Keynesian view of the macroeconomy is incorrect?
A) Technological change is the most significant influence on both aggregate demand and aggregate supply.
B) To achieve and maintain full employment, active help from fiscal policy and monetary policy is required.
C) Expectations are based on "animal spirits."
D) Expectations are the most significant influence on aggregate demand.
E) The money wage rate is extremely sticky in the downward direction so there is no automatic mechanism for
eliminating a recessionary gap.
Topic: Macroeconomic Schools of Thought
114) The defining feature of the classical view of macroeconomics is that the economy is
A) self-regulating and always at full employment.
B) the most significant influence on aggregate demand is expectations.
C) driven by expectations called "animal spirits."
D) rarely at full employment.
E) constantly bombarded by shocks that arise from the uneven pace of technological change.
Topic: Macroeconomic Schools of Thought
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Answer Key
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