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New AP MACRO UNIT 3 EXAM REVIEW
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1
What caused the shift below in the LR?
increase in taxes
Falling resource prices and wages
Rising Resource Prices and Wages
Increase in government spending
2
What is the formula for the spending multiplier?
1/(1-MPS)
1(1-MPC)
MPC/MPS
1/ reserve ratio
3
Aggregate demand is downward sloping because
all of these
net export effect
wealth effect
interest rate effect
4
Where is the economy if the level of output
Y1
is below the full employment level of output
Yf
?
Recessionary / Negative Output Gap
Inflationary / Positive Output Gap
Long Run Equilibrium / Full Employment
5
Disposable Income equals
Gross Income minus spending
Gross Income minus savings
Gross Income minus taxes
Consumption minus Savings
6
The Long-Run Aggregate Supply Curve
shows that all wages are fully flexible in the long run
all of these
is Vertical where the unemployment rate is equal to the NRU
represents the potential output of real GDP in the economy
7
If people are currently spending 80% of each new dollar, what will be the spending and tax multipliers in the economy?
SM = 10 Tax M= 9
SM = 5, Tax M= 4
SM= 4 Tax M= 5
SM= 2 Tax M = 1
8
Aggregate demand is:
The total value of all goods and services produced at every price level
the total value of all goods & services purchased at every price level
9
Marginal Propensity to Save
Δ Consumption / Δ Income
Consumption / Income
Δ Savings / Δ Income
Savings / Income
10
AD will shift to the right if
Net Exports Increase
Income Taxes Increase
Government Spending Decreases
Interest Rates Increase
11
Discretionary Fiscal Policy involves passing a new law to change all of the following EXCEPT
New Transfer Payments
the Money Supply
Income Taxes
Government Spending
12
If there is an increase in investment spending in the economy of 10B with the MPC being .8 then total output will:
increase by 40B
increase by 50B
remain unchanged
decrease by 50 B
13
If the economy is in a negative output gap and the government decides to do a expansionary policy to fix it then:
SRAS will increase
AD will decrease
SRAS will decrease
AD will increase
14
On which of these is the current unemployment rate in the economy equal to the natural rate of unemployment?
Recessionary Gap
Long-Run Equilibrium
Inflationary Gap
15
A decrease in taxes increases AD because
Investment increases
Government Spending increases
Net Exports Increases
Consumption Increases
16
This series of shifts could happen if?
Potential Real GDP increased
Consumer Spending Increased
Resource Prices changed
The NRU increased
17
If income in the economy increases by 100B and Consumption increases by 75 billion then
the MPC is 1.33
the MPS is .25
the MPC is .25
the MPS is 125
18
Which of these changes in discretionary Fiscal Policy is contractionary?
Decrease in Taxes
Increase in Taxes
Increase in Transfers
Increase in GS
19
Short Run Aggregate Supply is upward sloping because of
Flexible wages
"Sticky" wages
20
If the economy has a recessionary gap of 60B and the MPS is .2 then to fix it the government must
increase spending by 12B
increase taxes by 15B
decrease spending by 15B
increase transfers by 12B
21
An automatic stabilizer that would operate in an inflationary gap would be
A new infrastructure bill proposed by the President
being taxed at a higher rate as ones income increased
an increase in the number of unemployed workers qualifying for assistance
an new increase in taxes authorized by Congress
22
A decrease in short-run aggregate supply will have what effect on price level and output?
Decrease, Increase
Increase, Decrease
Decrease, Decrease
increase, Increase
23
Stagflation is
Difficult to fix with standard Keynesian policies w/out making things worse
All of these
the result of a negative supply shock
high inflation and high unemployment at the same time
24
All of the following we know for sure about the SR equilibrium of the economy below EXCEPT
the price level rose
this is a positive output gap
unemployment is below the natural rate
the current output is above the potential output
25
If the economy is in a recessionary gap, and there is no government policy to fix it then in the long-run:
SRAS will decrease
SRAS will increase
AD will increase
AD will decrease