Exam 25: Aggregate Demand and the Powerful Consumer

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The typical value for the MPC is less than 1.0.

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The relationship between consumption and disposable income is very unreliable and unpredictable.

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Aggregate demand is a ____ rather than a ____.

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A scatter diagram could help a policy maker decide on the size of a tax cut necessary to increase consumer expenditures by a certain amount.

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Which of the following transactions is included in GDP?

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Which of the following will most likely cause movement along the consumption function?

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Which of the following is considered to be an investment in economists' point of view?

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Which of the following should be subtracted while calculating aggregate demand of the U.S.?

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Government spending is a leakage out of the circular flow of income and spending.

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Historical data depicted on a scatter diagram show that consumer spending and disposable income

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Most statistical studies on the relationship between real interest rates and saving conclude that higher real interest rates

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If disposable income increases by $400 billion and consumption increases by $300 billion, the MPC equals

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Why does an increase in the price level tend to cause the consumption function to shift downward?

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    -According to the data in Table 8-1, the value of GDP is -According to the data in Table 8-1, the value of GDP is

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If the price level increases, we would expect consumers to

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If the stock market falls by 25 percent next year and remains down, what is most likely to happen to the consumption function?

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In the circular flow model, which of the following is considered a leakage?

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The marginal propensity to consume is

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The accounting identity for the economy's factor payments can be written as ____.

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GDP can be calculated as the final demand for goods and services by consumers, businesses,

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