Exam 12: Aggregate Demand Ii: Applying the Islm Model

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Exhibit: IS-LM Fiscal Policy Exhibit: IS-LM Fiscal Policy   Based on the graph, starting from equilibrium at interest rate r<sub>1</sub> and income Y<sub>1</sub>, an increase in government spending would generate the new equilibrium combination of interest rate and income: Based on the graph, starting from equilibrium at interest rate r1 and income Y1, an increase in government spending would generate the new equilibrium combination of interest rate and income:

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If the IS curve is given by Y = 1,700 - 100r, the money demand function is given by (M/P)d = Y - 100r, the money supply is 1,000, and the price level is 2, then if the money supply is raised to 1,200, equilibrium income rises by:

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What are shocks? How do shocks respond to the IS and LM curves?

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If the short-run IS-LM equilibrium occurs at a level of income below the natural level of output, then in the long run the price level will _____, shifting the _____ curve to the right and returning output to the natural level.

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One explanation for the impact of expected price changes on the level of output is that an increase in expected deflation _____ the nominal interest rate and _____ the real interest rate, so that investment spending declines.

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An increase in the money supply shifts the _____ curve to the right, and the aggregate demand curve _____.

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If the demand function for money is M / P = 0.5Y - 100r, then the slope of the LM curve is:

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What are the spending hypothesis and monetary hypothesis? Illustrate your answer with examples.

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An increase in investment demand for any given level of income and interest rates-due, for example, to more optimistic "animal spirits"-will, within the IS-LM framework, _____ output and _____ interest rates.

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A decrease in the price level shifts the _____ curve to the right, and the aggregate demand curve _____.

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When an economy expands its monetary and fiscal policies, how is the aggregate demand curve affected?

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Investment depends on the _____ interest rate, and money demand depends on the _____ interest rate.

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Policymakers are contemplating undertaking either an increase in government spending or an increase in the money supply. Either policy is forecast to have the same impact on income in the short run. Use the IS-LM model to compare the impact on consumption and investment of the two policy alternatives.

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Economists who believe that monetary policy is more potent than fiscal policy argue that the:

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The economic slowdown in Canada in 2014 can be explained in part by a decline in investment and exports. Both of these shocks can be represented in the IS-LM model by shifting the _____ curve to the _____.

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The reason that the income response to a fiscal expansion is generally less in the IS-LM model than it is in the Keynesian-cross model is that the Keynesian-cross model assumes that:

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A liquidity trap occurs when:

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An increase in government spending raises income:

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An economic change that does not shift the aggregate demand curve is a change in:

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To stabilize falling prices in 1930, what did Pigou suggest?

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