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In a small open economy, if exports equal $20 billion, imports equal $30 Billion, and domestic national saving equals $25 billion, the net capital outflow equals:
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- $10 billion
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When exports exceed imports, all of the following are true except:
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domestic investment exceeds domestic saving.
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In a small open economy, if exports equal $5 billion and imports equal $7 billion, then there is a trade ____ and _____ net capital outflow
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deficit ; negative
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In a small open economy, if the world interest rate is r3, then the economy has:
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a trade deficit
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In a small open economy, starting from a position of balanced trade, if the government increases domestic government purchases, this produces a tendency toward a trade ________ and ______ net capital outflow.
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deficit ; negative
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Assume that some large foreign countries decide to subsidize investment by insinuating an investment tac credit. Then a small countries real exchange rate:
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will fall, and its net imports will rise.
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In a small open economy, starting from a position of balanced trade, if the government increases the income tax, this produces a tendency towards a trade _____ and _______ net capital outflow.
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surplus ; positive
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The percentage change in the nominal exchange rate equals the percentage change in the real exchange rate plus the :
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foreign inflation rate minus the domestic inflation rate
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In a small open economy, if consumers shift their preference towards Japanese cars, then net exports:
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remain unchanged, but the real exchange rate falls.
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Which if the panels illustrates the impact of an increase in household saving on the real exchange rate?
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A
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In a small open economy, if the government adopts a policy that lowers imports, then that policy:
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raises the real exchange rate and does not change net exports.
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If the information technology boom increases investment demand in a small open economy, then net exports ______, and the real exchange rate _________.
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decrease ; appreciates
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In a small open economy, if the world interest rate falls, then domestic investment will ______, and the real exchange rate will _______, holding all else constant.
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increase ; decrease
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Which of the panels illustrates the impact of an increase in an investment demand on the real exchange rate?
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C
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An effective policy to reduce a trade deficit in a small open economy would be to:
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increase taxes
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In a small open economy, if the introduction of automatic teller machines reduces the demand for money, then net exports:
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increase, and the real exchange rate remains unchanged
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If the real exchange rte depreciates from 1 Japanese good per US good to 0.5 Japanese good per US good, then the US exports _________, and US imports _________.
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increase ; decrease
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Which of the panels illustrate the impact of contractionary fiscal policies abroad on the real exchange rate
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C
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Predict (trade balance, real exchange rate, and nominal exchange rate)
what would happen in response to a fall in consumer confidence about the future that induces them to spend less and save more.
what would happen in response to a fall in consumer confidence about the future that induces them to spend less and save more.
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1. Trade balance would increase
2. Real exchange rate would fall
3. The nominal exchange rate would fall
2. Real exchange rate would fall
3. The nominal exchange rate would fall
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World investment decreases as a function of the world interest rate will _______. As a result, the world interest rate will _____>
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increase ; rise
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This will cause domestic investment in Oceania to _______ and push the trade balance toward ________.
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decrease ; surplus
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Ultimately, the real exchange rate for Oceania currency will _______.
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decrease
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Any policy aimed at lowering the natural rate of unemployment must either ______ the rate of job separation or _______ the rate of job finding
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reduce ; increase
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In the model of the steady-state unemployment rate with a fixed labor force, the rate of job findings equal the percentage of the ______ who find a job each month, while the rate of job separation equals the percentage of the _____ who lose their job each month.
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unemployed ; employed
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Sectoral Shifts:
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make frictional employment inevitable.
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Unemployment insurance increases the amount of frictional unemployment by
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softening the economic hardship of unemployment
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All of the following are reasons for frictional unemployment except:
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unemployment workers accept the first job offer that they receive.
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Economists call the changes in composition of demand among industries and regions:
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sectoral shifts
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according to efficiency wage theory, firms benefit by paying higher-than equilibrium wages because worker _____ increases
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productivity
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When insiders have a much greater impact on the wage bargaining process than do outsiders, the negotiated wage is likely to be _______ the equilibrium wage
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much greater than
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Assume that a country experiences a reduction in productivity that shifts the labor demand curve downward and to the left. If the labor market were always in equilibrium, this would lead to:
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a lower real wage and no change in unemployment.
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By paying efficiency wages, firms contribute to higher unemployment because they:
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keep the wage above the equilibrium level
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Paying efficiency wages helps firms reduce the problem of moral hazard by:
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encouraging unsupervised workers to maintain a higher level of productivity.
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Which of the following is the best example of structural unemployment
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Kirby is seeking a job as an airline pilot by the high union wages in the industry have limited the number of jobs available
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The unemployment resulting when real wages are held above equilibrium is called _____ unemployment, while the unemployment that occurs as workers search for a job that best suits their skills is called _______ unemployment.
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structural ; frictional
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Spells of unemployment end when the unemployed person finds a job or:
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withdraws from the labor force.
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Discouraged workers are counted as:
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out of the labor force
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A relative demand for unskilled workers falls, wages for unskilled workers _____, and unemployment compensation becomes a _____ attractive option.
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fall ; more
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If the underground economy is larger in Europe than in the United States, the difference in the _____ number of hours worked between Europe and the United States may be smaller than the difference in the _____ numbers of hours worked.
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Actual ; measured
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If the economy has a large number of discourage workers, the unemployment rate will ________ and the employment-population ratio will be ________.
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remain unaffected ; be low
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Although not a goal of the unemployment insurance system, one effect is that the system reduces
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the rate of job finding.
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Monetary neutrality, the irrelevance of the money supply in determining values of _______ variables, is generally thought to be a property of the economy in the long run.
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real
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most economists believe that prices are:
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flexible in the long run but many are sticky in the short run
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For a fixed money supply, the aggregate demand curve slopes downward because at a lower price level, real money balances are ______ , generating a _______ quantity of output demanded
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higher ; greater
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along the aggregate demand curve, which of the following are held constant
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the money supply and velocity
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When an aggregate demand curve is drawn with real GDP (y) along the horizontal axis and the price level (P) along the vertical axis, the money supply is decreased, then the aggregate demand curve will shift:
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downward and to the left.
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If the long-run aggregate supply curve is vertical, then changes in aggregate demand affect:
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prices but not level of output
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The short run refers to a period :
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during which prices are sticky and cyclical unemployment may occur
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Monetary neutrality is a characteristic of the aggregate-demand-aggregate supply model in:
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the long run but not in the short run
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If the short-run aggregate supply curve is horizontal and the long-run aggregate supply curve is vertical, then a change in the money supply will change in the short run and change ______ in the long run
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only output ; only prices
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Assume that the economy starts from long-run equilibrium. If the Fed increases the money supply, the _______ increase(s) in the short run and _______ increase(s) in the long run.
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output ; prices
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C ; B
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A
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Assume the economy is at point E. With no further shocks or policy moves, the economy in the long run will be at point:
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less ; more
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If the fed accommodates an adverse supply shock, output falls ______, and prices rise ______.
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increasing the money supply, but at the cost of permanently higher prices.
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Starting from long-run equilibrium,, if a drought pushes up food prices throughout the economy, the fed could move the economy more rapidly back to full employment output by:
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Central bank A should decrease the quantity of money, whereas Central Bank B should increase it.
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If central bank A cares only about keeping the price level stable and Central bank B cares only about keeping output at its natural level, then in response to exogenous increase in the price of oil:
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Is more volatile than
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Over the business cycle, investment spending _______ consumption spending
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decreases ; increases
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When GDP growth declines, investment spending typically ______ and consumption spending typically ________.
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downward and to the left
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An increase in taxes shifts the IS curve:
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rise ; decrease
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In this graph, if firms are producing at level Y3, then inventories will ________, inducing firms to ______ production.
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is larger than
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In the Keynesian model with a given MPC > 0, the government - expenditure multiplier _________ the tax multiplier
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decrease ; downward
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After an explanation for the slope if the IS curve is that as the interest rate increases, the quantity of investment ______, and the shifts the expenditure function ______. thereby decreasing income
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Increase but by less than 100.
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In the Keynesian-cross model, if taxes are reduced by 100, then planned expenditures ________ for any given level of income.
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the government-spending multiplier is larger than the tax multiplier
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Based on the Keynesian model, one reason to support government spending increases as measures to increase output is that:
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the interest rate
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In the liquidity preference model, what adjusts to move the money market to equilibrium following a change in the money supply?
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negatively related to the interest rate and related to income.
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the theory of liquidity preference states that the quantity of real money balances demanded is:
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supply of real balances exceeds the demand.
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If the interest rate is above the equilibrium value, the:
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sell ; rise
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Based on the graph, if the interest rate is r3, then people will ______ bonds, and the interest rate will ________.
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upward and to the left.
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A decrease in the real money supply, other things being equal will shift the LM curve:
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investment spending ; demand
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The interest rates determines ______ in the good market and money ________ in the money markt
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