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econ 12-14 Test Review
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Expenditures made by the household sector
Investment
Government Purchases
Consumption
Price Index
2
an economy can produce more if all of the following occurs, except
more investment
less incentives
new technology
more natural resources
3
The most widely used price index
CPI
Price Index
Base Year
Aggregate Demand Curve
4
A benchmark year chosen as a point of reference for comparing real GDP
CPI
Price Index
Aggregate Demand Curve
Base year
5
The Office of Management and Budget help the government prepare the initial budget plan
False
True
6
__________ taxes charge everyone at the same percentage
representative
proportional
regressive
progressive
7
The total market value of all final goods and services produced annually in a country
CPI
GDP
Real GDP
GED
8
The amount spent by the residents of other countries on goods produces in the United States
Export Spending
double counting
Import spending
Consumption
9
Velocity refers to...
The speed at which transactions are made at the Fed Reserve
How quickly the economy recovers from a recession
The number of times a dollar is spent to buy goods
How quickly the Fed cab print paper currency
10
A decrease in the average level of prices is known as
Stagflation
Inflation
Recession
Deflation
11
The average level of price
Double Counting
Consumptions
Base Year
Price Index
12
To find GDP per capita, you divide GDP by...
Real GDP
the base year price
the number of people within a country
market basket
13
When an economy is in a recession, real GDP and unemployment go down
True
False
14
This is the amount spent by Americans for foreign produced goods
investment
Price Index
Import Spending
Export Spending
15
The major federal taxes include all of the following, except
corporate income tax
social security tax
personali income tax
sales tax
16
The Great Depression ended on its own naturally
False
True
17
The unemployment rate counts people that are not actively looking for work.
False
True
18
Counting a good more than once in computing Gross Domestic Product
Investment
Export Spending
Import Spending
Double Counting
19
This determines the amount of time it takes for any variable to double
twelve
rule of 90
rule of 70
doubling equation
20
Saving money to buy something later on can actually cause you to spend more money in the long run because of inflation
False
True
21
When the economy is growing this period is called
Stagnation
expansion
Depression
Deflation
22
The unemployment rate is the
% of people in the USA seeking jobs
Number of people that have a job
% of the labor force that does not have a job
Number of people that do not have a job
23
Expenditures made by the business sector
Investment
Price Index
Consumption
Government Purchases
24
Recurrent swings up and down in real GDP happens throughout the
Seasonal cycle
Election cycle
Business cycle
Monetary cycle
25
Property taxes raise the most money for the federal government
True
False
26
Expenditures made by the government sector
Investment
consumption
Double Counting
Government Purchases
27
All of the following can cause inflation, except
a shortage of resources
an increase in technology
an increase in the money supply
28
This shows the quantity of goods and services that producers are willing to supply
Supply Curve
Aggregate Demand Curve
Aggregate Supply Curve
29
_________taxes charge a lower percentage for those that make less money
progressive
regressive
representative
proportional
30
An increase in the price level is known as
Deflation
Interest rate hike
inflation
Yield
31
Economists prefer to use GDP, instead of Real GDP
True
False
32
GDP that has been adjusted for price changes
GDP
CPI
Double Counting
Real GDP
33
This predicts that changes in the price level will be proportional to changes in the $ supply
simple Quantity Theory of Money
Velocity Theory
Demand-side inflation
Contractionary Monetary Policy Theory
34
To try to avoid or lessen a loss by taking some counterbalancing action is to
Pivot
Recant
Flake out
Hedge
35
The US government usually runs on a deficits
True
False