Question 1

Other things the same, when the price level rises more than expected, some firms will have

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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. 
D) lower than desired prices, which depresses their sales. 
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. 
D) lower than desired prices, which depresses their sales.

Question 2

The downward slope of the aggregate demand curve is based on logic that as the price level rises, consumption, investment, and net exports all fall.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Stagflation exists when prices

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A) rise and unemployment falls. 
B) rise and unemployment rises. 
C) fall and unemployment rises. 
D) fall and unemployment falls. 
A) rise and unemployment falls. 
B) rise and unemployment rises. 
C) fall and unemployment rises. 
D) fall and unemployment falls.

Question 4

Which of the following is correct?

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A) Over the business cycle investment fluctuates more than consumption. 
B) Economic fluctuations are easy to predict. 
C) During recessions employment rises. 
D) Because of government policy the U.S. had zero recessions in the last 25 years. 
A) Over the business cycle investment fluctuates more than consumption. 
B) Economic fluctuations are easy to predict. 
C) During recessions employment rises. 
D) Because of government policy the U.S. had zero recessions in the last 25 years.

Question 5

Other things the same, an increase in the expected price level shifts

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A) short-run aggregate supply right. 
B) short-run aggregate supply left. 
C) aggregate-demand right. 
D) aggregated-demand left. 
A) short-run aggregate supply right. 
B) short-run aggregate supply left. 
C) aggregate-demand right. 
D) aggregated-demand left.

Question 6

An unexpected increase in the price level that temporarily lowers real wages and induces more employment and output in an economy, occurs in

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A) nominal-supply theory. 
B) stagflation. 
C) misperceptions theory. 
D) sticky-wage theory. 
A) nominal-supply theory. 
B) stagflation. 
C) misperceptions theory. 
D) sticky-wage theory.

Question 7

Refer to Political Instability Abroad. What would the change in the exchange rate make happen to U.S. net exports and U.S. aggregate demand?

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A) Net exports would rise which by itself would increase U.S. aggregate demand. 
B) Net exports would rise which by itself would decrease U.S. aggregate demand. 
C) Net exports would fall which by itself would increase U.S. aggregate demand. 
D) Net exports would fall which by itself would decrease U.S. aggregate demand. 
A) Net exports would rise which by itself would increase U.S. aggregate demand. 
B) Net exports would rise which by itself would decrease U.S. aggregate demand. 
C) Net exports would fall which by itself would increase U.S. aggregate demand. 
D) Net exports would fall which by itself would decrease U.S. aggregate demand.

Question 8

Which of the following effects provide incentives for consumers to spend less when the price level rises?

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A) the wealth effect and the interest-rate effect 
B) the wealth effect but not the interest-rate effect 
C) the interest-rate effect but not the wealth effect 
D) neither the wealth-effect nor the interest rate effect 
A) the wealth effect and the interest-rate effect 
B) the wealth effect but not the interest-rate effect 
C) the interest-rate effect but not the wealth effect 
D) neither the wealth-effect nor the interest rate effect

Question 9

As the price level rises

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A) people will want to buy more bonds, so the interest rate rises. 
B) people will want to buy fewer bonds, so the interest rate falls. 
C) people will want to buy more bonds, so the interest rate falls. 
D) people will want to buy fewer bonds, so the interest rate rises. 
A) people will want to buy more bonds, so the interest rate rises. 
B) people will want to buy fewer bonds, so the interest rate falls. 
C) people will want to buy more bonds, so the interest rate falls. 
D) people will want to buy fewer bonds, so the interest rate rises.

Question 10

At the end of World War II many European countries were rebuilding and so were eager to buy capital goods and had rising incomes. We would expect that the rebuilding increased aggregate demand in

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A) both the United States and Europe. 
B) the United States but not Europe. 
C) Europe, but not the United States. 
D) neither the United States, nor Europe. 
A) both the United States and Europe. 
B) the United States but not Europe. 
C) Europe, but not the United States. 
D) neither the United States, nor Europe.

Question 11

When the dollar depreciates, U.S.

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A) exports and imports increase. 
B) exports increase, while imports decrease. 
C) exports decrease, while imports increase. 
D) exports and imports decrease. 
A) exports and imports increase. 
B) exports increase, while imports decrease. 
C) exports decrease, while imports increase. 
D) exports and imports decrease.

Question 12

Other things the same, technological progress raises the price level.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

An increase in the price level and a reduction in output would result from

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A) a fall in stock prices. 
B) a decrease in the supply of an important resource. 
C) an increase in government expenditures. 
D) an increase in taxes. 
A) a fall in stock prices. 
B) a decrease in the supply of an important resource. 
C) an increase in government expenditures. 
D) an increase in taxes.

Question 14

As the price level rises,

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A) the exchange rate falls, so net exports fall. 
B) the exchange rate falls, so net exports rise. 
C) the exchange rate rises, so net exports fall. 
D) the exchange rate rises, so net exports rise. 
A) the exchange rate falls, so net exports fall. 
B) the exchange rate falls, so net exports rise. 
C) the exchange rate rises, so net exports fall. 
D) the exchange rate rises, so net exports rise.

Question 15

List the three alternative explanations for the upward slope of the short run aggregate supply curve.

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Sticky wages, sticky

Question 16

If speculators bid up the value of the dollar in the market for foreign-currency exchange, U.S. aggregate demand would shift to the left.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Other things the same, if the U.S. price level rises, then

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A) the supply of dollars in the market for foreign-currency exchange increases, and net exports fall. 
B) the supply of dollars in the market for foreign-currency exchange increases, and net exports rise. 
C) the supply of dollars in the market for foreign-currency exchange decreases, and net exports fall. 
D) the supply of dollars in the market for foreign-currency exchange decreases, and net exports rise. 
A) the supply of dollars in the market for foreign-currency exchange increases, and net exports fall. 
B) the supply of dollars in the market for foreign-currency exchange increases, and net exports rise. 
C) the supply of dollars in the market for foreign-currency exchange decreases, and net exports fall. 
D) the supply of dollars in the market for foreign-currency exchange decreases, and net exports rise.

Question 18

Refer to Pessimism. In the long run, the change in price expectations created by pessimism shifts

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A) long-run aggregate supply right. 
B) long-run aggregate supply left. 
C) short-run aggregate supply right. 
D) short-run aggregate supply left. 
A) long-run aggregate supply right. 
B) long-run aggregate supply left. 
C) short-run aggregate supply right. 
D) short-run aggregate supply left.

Question 19

Refer to Financial Crisis. If nominal wages are sticky, which of the following helps explains the change in output?

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A) real wages fall, so firms choose to produce less 
B) real wages fall, so firms choose to produce more 
C) real wages rise, so firms choose to produce less 
D) real wages rise, so firms choose to produce more 
A) real wages fall, so firms choose to produce less 
B) real wages fall, so firms choose to produce more 
C) real wages rise, so firms choose to produce less 
D) real wages rise, so firms choose to produce more

Question 20

When we say that economic fluctuations are "irregular and unpredictable," we mean that

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A) the relationship between output and unemployment is erratic and difficult to characterize. 
B) when one macroeconomic variable that measures income or spending is falling, other macroeconomic variables that measure income or spending are likely to be rising. 
C) recessions do not occur at regular intervals. 
D) All of the above are correct. 
A) the relationship between output and unemployment is erratic and difficult to characterize. 
B) when one macroeconomic variable that measures income or spending is falling, other macroeconomic variables that measure income or spending are likely to be rising. 
C) recessions do not occur at regular intervals. 
D) All of the above are correct.

Exam 33: Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply

Other things the same, when the price level rises more than expected, some firms will have

The downward slope of the aggregate demand curve is based on logic that as the price level rises, consumption, investment, and net exports all fall.

Stagflation exists when prices

Which of the following is correct?

Other things the same, an increase in the expected price level shifts

An unexpected increase in the price level that temporarily lowers real wages and induces more employment and output in an economy, occurs in

Refer to Political Instability Abroad. What would the change in the exchange rate make happen to U.S. net exports and U.S. aggregate demand?

Which of the following effects provide incentives for consumers to spend less when the price level rises?

As the price level rises

At the end of World War II many European countries were rebuilding and so were eager to buy capital goods and had rising incomes. We would expect that the rebuilding increased aggregate demand in

When the dollar depreciates, U.S.

Other things the same, technological progress raises the price level.

An increase in the price level and a reduction in output would result from

As the price level rises,

List the three alternative explanations for the upward slope of the short run aggregate supply curve.

If speculators bid up the value of the dollar in the market for foreign-currency exchange, U.S. aggregate demand would shift to the left.

Other things the same, if the U.S. price level rises, then

Refer to Pessimism. In the long run, the change in price expectations created by pessimism shifts

Refer to Financial Crisis. If nominal wages are sticky, which of the following helps explains the change in output?

When we say that economic fluctuations are "irregular and unpredictable," we mean that

Ten Principles of Economics

Thinking Like an Economist

Interdependence and the Gains From Trade

The Market Forces of Supply and Demand

Elasticity and Its Application

Supply, Demand, and Government Policies

Consumers, Producers, and the Efficiency of Markets

Applications: the Costs of Taxation

Application: International Trade

Externalities

Public Goods and Common Resources

The Design of the Tax System

The Costs of Production

Firms in Competitive Markets

Monopoly

Monopolistic Competition

Oligopoly

The Markets for the Factors of Production

Earnings and Discrimination

Income Inequality and Poverty

The Theory of Consumer Choice

Frontiers in Microeconomics

Measuring a Nation S Income

Measuring the Cost of Living

Production and Growth

Saving, Investment, and the Financial System

Tools of Finance

Unemployment and Its Natural Rate

The Monetary System

Money Growth and Inflation

Open-Economy Macroeconomics: Basic Concepts

A Macroeconomic Theory of the Open Economy

The Influence of Monetary and Fiscal Policy on Aggregate Demand

The Short-Run Tradeoff Between Inflation and Unemployment

Six Debates Over Macroeconomic Policy

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