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Assume that Canada imports products from the US. A large decrease in the Canadian incomes will cause which of the following in the short run?
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US net exports and real GDP will decrease
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An increase in investment will likely cause which of the following in the short run?
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An increase in price level and a decrease in unemployment
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An increase in the price of inputs will result in which of the following in the short run?
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A decrease in short-run aggregate supply and a decrease in output
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An increase in investment will most likely cause which of the following in the long run?
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A rightward shift in the long run aggregate supply
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Which of the following is true regarding Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
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GDP, adjusted for inflation, measures economic growth over time
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Assume an economy is at full employment when negative supply shock occurs. What will occur in the short-run?
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A decrease in aggregate demand
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If wages are flexible, how will an economy in a recession automatically return to long-run equilibrium?
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Resource prices will decrease causing short run aggregate supply to increase
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Which of the following is clearly not included in the calculation of GDP for the United States?
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A government payment to an individual on welfare
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Which of the following is an example of expansionary fiscal policy?
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A decrease in personal income taxes
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The value of which of the following is counted in the U.S. GDP?
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Salary bonuses given to investment bankers
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Which of the following is the best example of a non-discretionary fiscal policy to combat demand-pull inflation?
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A progressive income tax system
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When calculating GDP, the word investment is best defined as:
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Business spending on capital goods
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Assume that current real GDP falls short of full-employment output by $400 billion and the MPC is 0.8. What is the minimum increase in government spending that could possibly bring about full employment?
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Eighty billion dollars
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The income approach to calculating GDP mostly involves adding:
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Rent, wages, Interest, and profit
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If a country's percent change in real GDP is positive, which of the following must be true?
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The country is producing more output
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What is part of the reason that aggregate demand is downward sloping?
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Higher price levels decrease the purchasing power of money which decreases the quantity of consumption
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A recession is commonly defined as two consecutive quarters of:
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decreasing real GDP
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An increase in which of the following will decrease the aggregate demand in a given economy?
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Real interest rates
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If labor force participation rate increased at the same time that the unemployment rate stayed the same, which of the following must be true?
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The total number of jobs the economy increased
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Which of the following is the best example of structural unemployment?
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Assembly line workers are replaced by robots
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Which of the following would most likely shift the short-run aggregate supply curve to the right?
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An increase in capital stock
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If unemployment workers become discouraged and give up trying to fins work, which of the following is true?
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The unemployment rate would decrease
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Which of the following is true regarding full employment?
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Full employment occurs when there is no cyclical unemployment