Exam 8: Aggregate Expenditure and Output in the Short Run

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Discuss the leading causes of the Great Depression.Use the 45-degree line diagram to show how they caused a decline in GDP.

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When aggregate expenditure is more than GDP, which of the following is true?

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If the MPC is 0.5, then a $10 million increase in disposable income will increase consumption by

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If consumption is defined as C = 2,400 + 0.9Y, then the marginal propensity to consume is 0.9.

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Assume that inventories declined by more than analysts predicted.This implies that

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Examples of assets that are included in ________ would be stocks, bonds, and savings accounts.

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If planned aggregate expenditure is less than total production,

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In a small economy in 2017, aggregate expenditure was $800 million while GDP that year was $850 million.Which of the following can explain the difference between aggregate expenditure and GDP that year?

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On the 45-degree line diagram, for points that lie above the 45-degree line,

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The larger the MPC, the smaller the value of the multiplier.

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Consumption is $5 billion, planned investment spending is $8 billion, government purchases are $10 billion, and net exports are equal to $2 billion.If GDP during that same time period is equal to $27 billion, what unplanned changes in inventories occurred?

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If the consumption function is defined as C = 7,250 + 0.8Y, what is the multiplier?

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Investment spending increases during ________, and decreases during ________.

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Figure 8.3 Figure 8.3   Alt text for Figure 8.3: In figure 8.3, a graph comparing real GDP and real aggregate expenditure. Long description for Figure 8.3: The x-axis is labelled, real GDP, Y (trillions of 2002 dollars).The y-axis is labelled, real aggregate expenditure, AE (trillions of 2002 dollars).Line Y = AE, originates at the vertex and slopes up to the top right corner.Line AE1, begins a little less than half way along the x-axis and slopes up to the end of the x-axis.Both these lines intersect at point K, approximately 3 quarters of the way along both lines.Point J is plotted a little less than half way along line AE1, to the left of point K.Point L is marked close to the right end of the line AE1, to the right of point K. -Refer to Figure 8.3.At point J in the figure above, which of the following is true? Alt text for Figure 8.3: In figure 8.3, a graph comparing real GDP and real aggregate expenditure. Long description for Figure 8.3: The x-axis is labelled, real GDP, Y (trillions of 2002 dollars).The y-axis is labelled, real aggregate expenditure, AE (trillions of 2002 dollars).Line Y = AE, originates at the vertex and slopes up to the top right corner.Line AE1, begins a little less than half way along the x-axis and slopes up to the end of the x-axis.Both these lines intersect at point K, approximately 3 quarters of the way along both lines.Point J is plotted a little less than half way along line AE1, to the left of point K.Point L is marked close to the right end of the line AE1, to the right of point K. -Refer to Figure 8.3.At point J in the figure above, which of the following is true?

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Table 8.7 Table 8.7   -Refer to Table 8.7.Given the consumption schedule in the table above, the marginal propensity to consume is -Refer to Table 8.7.Given the consumption schedule in the table above, the marginal propensity to consume is

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If planned investment is greater than actual investment, then aggregate expenditure is less than GDP.

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Given Table 8.6 below, fill in the values of the marginal propensity to save (MPS)and the marginal propensity to consume (MPC).Show that MPC + MPS = 1. Table 8.6 Given Table 8.6 below, fill in the values of the marginal propensity to save (MPS)and the marginal propensity to consume (MPC).Show that MPC + MPS = 1. Table 8.6

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If the MPC is 0.95, then a $10 million increase in disposable income will

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In the aggregate expenditure model, ________ has both an autonomous component and an induced component.

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As a result of the oil price, revenues at many ________Tim Hortons locations ________, and it ________ the size of its workforce.

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