PS13
PS13
Select one:
a. real wealth falls.
b. the interest rate rises.
c. the dollar appreciates
Select one:
a. causes real wealth to rise, people to lend more, interest rates to rise, and the dollar to
appreciate.
b. causes real wealth to rise, people to lend more, interest rates to fall, and the dollar to
depreciate
c. causes real wealth to fall, people to lend less, interest rates to fall, and the dollar to
depreciate.
d. causes real wealth to fall, people to lend less, interest rates to rise, and the dollar to
depreciate
3. When the dollar depreciates, each dollar
Select one:
a. buys more foreign currency, and so buys more foreign goods.
b. buys more foreign currency, and so buys fewer foreign goods
c. buys less foreign currency, and so buys more foreign goods
Select one:
a. increase consumption, which shifts the aggregate demand curve right.
b. increase consumption, which shifts the aggregate demand curve left.
c. decrease consumption, which shifts the aggregate demand curve right.
Select one:
a. as shown by a movement to the left along the aggregate demand curve.
b. shifting aggregate demand to the left
c. shifting aggregate supply the left
Select one:
a. increases taxes.
b. increases military expenditures
c. increases the money supply
Select one:
a. net exports increase and aggregate demand shifts right.
b. net exports increase and aggregate demand shifts left.
c. net exports decrease and aggregate demand shifts right.
Select one:
a. the price level
b. supplies of labor
c. available natural resources
d. available technology
9. The misperceptions theory of the short-run aggregate supply curve says that if the price level
increases more than people expect, firms believe that the relative price of what they produce
has
Select one:
a. increased, so they increase production
b. increased, so they decrease production
c. decreased, so they increase production
Select one:
a. higher than desired prices which increases their sales
b. higher than desired prices which depresses their sales.
c. lower than desired prices which increases their sales.
Select one:
a. an increase in the price level
b. an increase in the expected price level
c. an increase in the capital stock
Select one:
a. back to A in the long run
b. to B in the long run.
c. to C in the long run
Select one:
a. back to A.
b. to B
c. to C.
d. to D
15. Suppose a shift in aggregate demand creates an economic contraction. If policymakers can
respond with sufficient speed and precision, they can offset the initial shift by
Select one:
a. shifting aggregate demand right
b. shifting aggregate demand left.
c. shifting aggregate supply right
Select one:
a. maximizing the value of the dollar relative to other currencies, economic growth, and high
employment
b. price stability, maximizing the value of the dollar relative to other currencies, and high
employment
c. price stability, economic growth, and high employment
d. price stability, economic growth, and maximizing the value of the dollar relative to other
currencies
17. Monetary policy refers to the actions the Central Bank takes to manage
Select one:
a. the money supply and income tax rates to pursue its economic objectives
b. the money supply and interest rates to pursue its economic objectives.
c. income tax rates and interest rates to pursue its economic objectives
d. government spending and income tax rates to pursue its economic objectives
18. Liquidity preference theory is most relevant to the
Select one:
a. short run and supposes that the price level adjusts to bring money supply and money
demand into balance
b. short run and supposes that the interest rate adjusts to bring money supply and money
demand into balance
c. long run and supposes that the price level adjusts to bring money supply and money demand
into balance
d. long run and supposes that the interest rate adjusts to bring money supply and money
demand into balance
19. The supply of money is determined by
Select one:
a. the price level.
b. the Central Bank
c. the value of money
Select one:
a. the value of money increases
b. the interest rate increases
c. the Central Bank makes open-market purchases
Select one:
Select one:
a. selling Treasury bills, which
increases bank reserves
b. buying Treasury bills, which increases bank reserves
c. selling Treasury bills, which decreases bank reserves
d. buying Treasury bills, which decreases bank reserves.
23. The money demand curve has a negative slope because
Select one:
a. lower interest rates cause households and firms to switch from money to financial assets
b. lower interest rates cause households and firms to switch from financial assets to money
c. lower interest rates cause households and firms to switch from money to stocks
d. lower interest rates cause households and firms to switch from money to bonds.
24. An increase in real GDP
Select one:
a. increases the buying and selling of goods and increases the demand for money as a medium
of exchange
b. . increases the buying and selling of goods and decreases the demand for money as a
medium of exchange.
c. decreases the buying and selling of goods and increases the demand for money as a
medium of exchange.
d. . decreases the buying and selling of goods and decreases the demand for money as a
medium of exchange
25. The money demand curve would shift right if
Select one:
a. real GDP decreased
b. the price level increased
c. the interest rate increased
Select one:
a. increase and the quantity of money demanded will decrease
b. increase and the quantity of money demanded will increase
c. decrease and the quantity of money demanded will decrease
Select one:
a. money demand curve right so the interest rate increases.
b. money demand curve right so the interest rate decreases
c. money demand curve left so the interest rate decreases
Select one:
a. A higher price level leads to higher money demand, higher money demand leads to higher
interest rates, a higher interest rate increases the quantity of goods and services demanded
b. A higher price level leads to higher money demand, higher money demand leads to lower
interest rates, a higher interest rate reduces the quantity of goods and services demanded
c. A lower price level leads to lower money demand, lower money demand leads to lower
interest rates, a lower interest rate reduces the quantity of goods and services demanded
d. A lower price level leads to lower money demand, lower money demand leads to lower
interest rates, a lower interest rate increases the quantity of goods and services demanded.
29. . If the stock market booms
Select one:
a. household spending increases. To offset the effects of this on the price level and real GDP,
the Fed would increase the money supply.
b. household spending increases. To offset the effects of this on the price level and real GDP,
the Fed would decrease the money supply
c. household spending decreases. To offset the effects of this on the price level and real GDP,
the Fed would increase the money supply
d. household spending decreases. To offset the effects of this on the price level and real GDP,
the Fed would decrease the money supply
30. Fiscal policy refers to the idea that aggregate demand is changed by changes in
Select one:
a. the money supply
b. government spending and taxes
c. trade policy
Select one:
a. 1.18.
b. 3.33.
c. 6.67.
d. 8.5.
32. Which of the following correctly explains the crowding-out effect?
Select one:
a. An increase in government expenditures decreases the interest rate and so increases
investment spending
b. An increase in government expenditures increases the interest rate and so reduces
investment spending
c. A decrease in government expenditures increases the interest rate and so increases
investment spending
Select one:
a. right $150 billion
b. right $70 billion.
c. right $30 billion
(No picture)
Select one:
a. A decrease in income taxes
b. An increase in the required reserve ratio
c. An open market purchase of Treasury bills
Select one:
a. repeal an investment tax credit or increase the money supply
b. repeal an investment tax credit or decrease the money supply
c. institute an investment tax credit or increase the money supply
Select one:
a. there is a lag between the time policy is passed and the time policy has an impact on the
economy
b. the impact of policy may last longer than the problem it was designed to offset
c. policy can be a source of, instead of a cure for, economic fluctuations
Select one:
a. unrelated.
b. positively related
c. negatively related.
d. unaffected by monetary policy
Select one:
a. falls, but unemployment rises
b. and unemployment fall
c. and unemployment rise
Select one:
a. buy treasury bills
b. sell treasury bills
c. lower the discount rate
d. increase the money supply
40. In the long run, the Phillips curve is a ________ at ________.
Select one:
a. . horizontal line; 0% inflation
b. negatively sloped line; the intersection of aggregate demand and short-run aggregate supply
c. vertical line; the natural rate of unemployment
Select one:
a. . greater than; rise
b. greater than; fall
c. less than; rise
Select one:
a. both the short-run Phillips curve and the aggregate demand and aggregate supply model
b. neither the short-run Phillips curve nor the aggregate demand and aggregate supply model.
c. the short-run Phillips curve, but not the aggregate demand and aggregate supply model
d. the aggregate demand and aggregate supply model but not the short-run Phillips curve
43. The government of Libertina considers two policies. Policy A would shift AD right by 200
units while policy B would shift AD right by 100 units. According to the short-run Phillips curve
policy A will lead
Select one:
a. to a lower unemployment rate and a lower inflation rate than policy B
b. to a lower unemployment rate and a higher inflation rate than policy B
c. to a higher unemployment rate and lower inflation rate than policy B.
(no picture)
Select one:
a. The short-run Phillips curve will shift to the right
b. The short-run Phillips curve will shift to the left
c. The economy will move from C to A.
Select one:
a. short-run Phillips curve right
b. short-run Phillips curve left
c. long-run Phillips curve right
Select one:
a. at the point where the rate of inflation and the unemployment rate are equal
b. at the natural rate of inflation
c. at the point where actual inflation is equal to expected inflation
Select one:
a. Monetary policy can only shift the long-run Phillips curve to the left
b. Monetary policy shifts the long-run Phillips curve to the right or left, depending on whether
monetary policy is expansionary or contractionary
c. Monetary policy can only shift the long-run Phillips curve to the right
Select one:
a. The short-run aggregate supply curve and the short-run Phillips curve both shift right
b. The short-run aggregate supply curve and the short-run Phillips curve both shift left.
c. The short-run aggregate supply curve shifts right and the short-run Phillips curve shifts left
d. The short-run aggregate supply curve shifts left and the short-run Phillips curve shifts right.
49. Contractionary monetary policy would
Select one:
a. cause disinflation and make the short-run Phillips curve shift right
b. cause disinflation and make the short-run Phillips curve shift left
c. not cause disinflation, but make the short-run Phillips curve shift right
d. not cause disinflation, but make the short-run Phillips curve shift left
50. If a central bank reduced inflation by 2 percentage points and that made output fall by 3
percentage points for 2 years and the unemployment rate rises from 3 percent to 5 percent for 2
years, the sacrifice ratio is
Select one:
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
Select one:
a. 2 percent of annual output
b. 6 percent of annual output
c. 8 percent of annual output
Select one:
a. contracts are shorter, and the Central Bank is credible
b. contracts are shorter, and the Central Bank has a poor reputation.
c. contracts are longer, and the Central Bank is credible
d. contracts are longer, and the Central Bank has a poor reputation
53. If the Fed announced a policy to reduce inflation and people found it credible, the short-run
Phillips curve would shift
Select one:
a. right and the sacrifice ratio would fall
b. right and the sacrifice ratio would rise
c. left and the sacrifice ratio would fall
Select one:
a. could be high because it was rational for people not to immediately change their expectations
b. could be high because people might adjust their expectations quickly if they found anti-
inflation policy credible.
c. could be low because it was rational for people not to immediately change their expectations
d. could be low because people might adjust their expectations quickly if they found anti-
inflation policy credible
55. Over the long run the Volcker disinflation
Select one:
a. shifted the short-run and long-run Phillips curves left.
b. shifted the short-run, but not the long-run Phillips curve left.
c. shifted the long-run, but not the short-run Phillips curve left