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Money functions as
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a store of value, a unit of account, and a medium of exchange.
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Currency (paper money plus coins) constitutes about
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43 percent of the U.S. M1 money supply.
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To say that coins are "token money" means that
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their face value is greater than their intrinsic value.
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Which of the following is not part of the M2 money supply?
-money market mutual fund balances
-money market deposit accounts
-currency
-large-denominated time deposits
-money market mutual fund balances
-money market deposit accounts
-currency
-large-denominated time deposits
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large-denominated time deposits
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A $20 bill is a
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Federal Reserve note.
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Assuming no other changes, if balances in money market deposit accounts increase by $50 billion and small-denominated time deposits decrease by $50 billion, the
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M1 and M2 money supplies will not change.
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Currency held within banks is part of
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neither the M1 nor the M2 definition of the money supply.
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If P equals the price level expressed as an index number and $V equals the value of the dollar, then
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$V = 1/P
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When banks bundled mortgage loans and sold the resulting mortgage-backed securities,
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they reduced their direct exposure to mortgage default risk but were still exposed through loans to investors in mortgage-backed securities.
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Banks lost money during the mortgage default crisis because
-of defaulted loans to investors in mortgage-backed securities.
-they held mortgage-backed securities they had purchased from investment firms.
-homebuyers defaulted on mortgages held by the banks.
-of all of these reasons
-of defaulted loans to investors in mortgage-backed securities.
-they held mortgage-backed securities they had purchased from investment firms.
-homebuyers defaulted on mortgages held by the banks.
-of all of these reasons
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of all of these reasons
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How much did the U.S. Congress allocate to the Troubled Asset Relief Program in 2008?
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$700 billion
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Wells Fargo, J.P. Morgan Chase, and Citibank are all primarily
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commercial banks
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Firms whose central business is to offer security advice and buy and sell individual stocks and bonds for clients are known as
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securities firms
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The so-called near monies have the following characteristics, except
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part of money supply M1.
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The use of a credit card is most similar to
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obtaining a short-term loan.
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One major advantage of credit cards used for transactions is that they
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allow consumers to coordinate timing and payment for purchases.
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United States currency has value primarily because it
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is relatively scarce, is legal tender, and is generally acceptable in exchange for goods and services.
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Checkable deposits are money because they are
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acceptable as payment
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The Federal Reserve System was established by the Federal Reserve Act of
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1913
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The most important among the Federal Reserve district banks in conducting monetary policy is the
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New York bank
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The Federal Reserve System is divided into
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12 districts
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The main function of the Federal Reserve System is to
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control the money supply.
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The Federal Reserve System is an
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independent agency of government.
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The reason for the Fed being set up as an independent agency of government is to
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protect it from political pressure.
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The destabilizing effects of defaulting mortgages quickly spread throughout the financial system because those mortgages were involved in widespread
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securitization
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The total demand for money curve will shift to the right as a result of
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an increase in nominal GDP
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Which of the following statements is correct? Other things equal,
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deflation will shift both the transactions demand curve for money and the total money demand curve to the left.
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Which of the following is correct?
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The asset demand for money is downsloping because the opportunity cost of holding money increases as the interest rate rises.
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Refer to the given market-for-money diagrams. If each dollar held for transactions is spent four times per year on the average, we can infer that the
(three graphs)
(three graphs)
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nominal GDP is $800
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Assume the reserve ratio is 25 percent and Federal Reserve Banks buy $4 million of U.S. securities from the public, which deposits this amount into checking accounts. As a result of these transactions, the supply of money is
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directly increased by $4 million and the money-creating potential of the commercial banking system is increased by an additional $12 million.
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The collateral used for repos and reverse repos is (are)
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government bonds
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The Federal Reserve System regulates the money supply primarily by
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altering the reserves of commercial banks, largely through sales and purchases of government bonds.
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Answer the question on the assumption that the legal reserve ratio is 20 percent. Suppose that the Fed sells $500 of government securities to commercial banks (paid for out of commercial bank reserves) and buys $500 of securities from individuals, who deposit the cash in checking accounts.
As a result of the given transactions, reserves in the banking system will
As a result of the given transactions, reserves in the banking system will
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remain unchanged
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The Fed's initial step in pursuing restrictive monetary policy using the federal funds rate is to
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announce a higher target.
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Since the financial crisis of 2007-2009, borrowing at the federal funds rate
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virtually never happens, as most banks have sufficient excess reserves.
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Upon which of the following industries is a restrictive monetary policy likely to be most effective?
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residential construction
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The purpose of an expansionary monetary policy is to shift the
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aggregate demand curve rightward
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Refer to the diagrams. The numbers in parentheses after the AD1, AD2, and AD3 labels indicate the levels of investment spending associated with each curve. All figures are in billions. Which of the following would shift the money supply curve from MS1 to MS3?
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purchases of U.S. securities by the Fed in the open market
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Assume that the price level is flexible both upward and downward and that the Fed's policy is to keep the price level from either rising or falling. If aggregate supply increases in the economy, the Fed
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will have to increase the money supply to keep the price level from falling.
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Other things equal, an increase in input prices will
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reduce aggregate supply and reduce real output.
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Other things equal, a reduction in income taxes would
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increase consumption and increase aggregate demand.
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If the dollars held for transactions purposes are, on the average, spent four times a year for final goods and services, then the quantity of money people will wish to hold for transactions purposes is equal to
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25 percent of nominal GDP
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There is an asset demand for money primarily because of which function of money?
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store of value
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Refer to the graph, in which Dt is the transactions demand for money, Dm is the total demand for money, and Sm is the supply of money. The market is in equilibrium at the 6 percent rate of interest. If the money supply then decreases as shown, the transaction demand for money will change by (graph going down)
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$0
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If the Fed sells government securities to the general public in the open market,
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the Fed gives the securities to the public; the public pays for the securities by writing checks that, when cleared, will decrease commercial bank reserves at the Fed.
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Assume that the required reserve ratio is 25 percent. If the Federal Reserve sells $120 million in government securities to the general public, the money supply will immediately
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decrease by $120 million with this transaction, and the decrease in money supply could eventually reach a maximum of $480 million.
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Changes in interest rates, ceteris paribus, cause a shift in
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the aggregate demand curve, but not the investment demand curve.
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Which of the following is a monetary policy intended to rein in inflation?
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decrease the money supply to shift the aggregate demand curve leftward
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A newspaper headline reads, "Fed Raises Discount Rate for Third Time This Year." This headline indicates that the Federal Reserve is most likely trying to
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reduce inflationary pressures in the economy.
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Which of the following is considered an advantage of monetary policy compared to fiscal policy?
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It is relatively isolated from political pressure
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Refer to the diagram. Assume that nominal wages initially are set on the basis of the price level P2 and that the economy initially is operating at its full-employment level of output Qf. In terms of this diagram, the long-run aggregate supply curve
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is a vertical line extending from Qf upward through e, b, and d.
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Refer to the diagram. Assume that nominal wages initially are set on the basis of the price level P2 and that the economy initially is operating at its full-employment level of output Qf. In the short run, demand-pull inflation could best be shown as
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a move from b to c on AS2.
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Refer to the diagram and assume the economy is operating at equilibrium point w. In the long run, an increase in the price level from P2 to P3 would move the economy from point w to point
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u (up higher)
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Refer to the graphs. Growth of production capacity is shown by
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both the shift from AB to CD and the shift from X to Y.
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A rightward shift of the traditional Phillips Curve would suggest that
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the rate of inflation is now higher at each rate of unemployment.
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An adverse aggregate supply shock
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can cause stagflation.
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Suppose that the Consumer Price Index for a particular economy rose from 110 to 120 in year 1, 120 to 130 in year 2, and 130 to 140 in year 3. We could conclude that this economy is experiencing
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disinflation
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Government can push the unemployment rate below the natural rate only by
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producing a higher rate of inflation than people expect.
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Refer to the diagram. Assume that the natural rate of unemployment is 5 percent and that the economy is initially operating at point a, where the expected and actual rates of inflation are each 6 percent. If the actual rate of inflation unexpectedly falls from 6 percent to 4 percent, then the unemployment rate will
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temporarily rise from 5 percent to 7 percent.
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In the diagram, (inflation rate and unemployment rate)
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any rate of inflation is consistent with the natural rate of unemployment in the long run.
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The given curve is known as the
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Laffer Curve (side curve)
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If graphed, the relationship shown would depict this economy's
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Laffer Curve (20-80%)
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Inflation in the short run is most likely to result from a(n)
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increase in aggregate demand or a decrease in aggregate supply.
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In the long run, demand-pull inflation
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starts out with a rightward shift in the AD curve, followed by a resulting leftward shift of the short-run AS curve.
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In the cost-push model of inflation, increases in nominal-wage rates that exceed increases in the productivity of labor
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decrease aggregate supply and increase the price level in the economy.
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If the government uses expansionary monetary or fiscal policies to counter the output effects of cost-push inflation, then the economy is likely to experience
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an inflationary spiral.
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Refer to the graph. Suppose that the economy is at an initial equilibrium where the AD1 and AS1 curves intersect. Demand-pull inflation in the long run can best be illustrated as a shift of
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AD1 to AD2, consequently making AS1 shift to AS2 (three rows)
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Refer to the graph. Stagflation in the short run is best represented as resulting from a shift of
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AS1 to AS2, given a stable AD1 curve
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Refer to the graph. If Qf is potential GDP and wages and prices are flexible, then the long-run aggregate supply curve will be
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a vertical line at Qf
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Refer to the graph. Economic growth driven by productivity and technology would be illustrated as a shift of
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ASLR1 to ASLR2
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Given a Phillips Curve with stable and predictable inflation and unemployment rate trade-offs, it appears that
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manipulating aggregate demand through fiscal and monetary policies has the effect of causing a movement along the curve.
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Stagflation's demise during the 1980s resulted in a
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shift in the Phillips Curve to the left
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Refer to the table. Calculating the annual inflation rates would indicate that this economy is experiencing
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disinflation
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Most economists think that
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demand-side effects of a tax cut exceed the supply-side effects
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Economist Arthur Laffer argued that Robin Hood and his men would
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collect more tax revenue if they collected only a relatively small tax from each traveler through Sherwood Forest
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(Consider This) According to Dallas Federal Reserve economist W. Michael Cox, taken to its extreme, the logic of "buying American" implies that
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people should only consume what they can produce themselves.
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Assume that before specialization and trade, Latalia produced combination C and Trombonia produced combination B. If these two nations now specialize completely based on comparative advantage, the total gains from specialization and trade will be
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4 tons of beans
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Refer to the graph, which shows the domestic demand and supply curves for a specific product in a hypothetical nation called Econland. When the world price for this product is $0.50, Econland will
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import 400 units
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The principal concept behind comparative advantage is that a nation should
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concentrate production on those products for which it has the lowest domestic opportunity cost.
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If Nations Quirk and Turk only produce aluminum or oil, the accompanying table shows the maximum output of each nation.
Which one of the following terms of trade is most likely to produce mutually beneficial exchange between the two nations?
Which one of the following terms of trade is most likely to produce mutually beneficial exchange between the two nations?
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1 unit of oil for 0.4 unit of aluminum
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"Offshoring" of certain production activities refers to
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businesses shifting production activities from being done domestically to foreign locations.
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Suppose the domestic price (no-international-trade price) of copper is $1.20 a pound in the United States while the world price is $1.00 a pound. Assuming no transportation costs, the United States will
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import copper
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The hypothetical nations Wat and Xat have the production possibilities for rice and corn given in the accompanying tables. Assume that Wat originally produced rice and corn at combination C and that Xat originally produced combination B. If the nations now fully specialize based on comparative advantage, the total gains from specialization and trade are
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50 units of rice and 50 units of corn
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Suppose that before specialization and trade, Alpha chose production alternative C and Beta chose production alternative B. After specialization and trade, the gains will be
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20 tons of fish
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The tables give production possibilities data for two countries, Alpha and Beta, which have populations of equal size.
The given data show that
The given data show that
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Beta is more efficient than Alpha both in catching fish and in producing chips.
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Which of the U.S. industries below has not seen major shutdowns and layoffs because of free foreign trade?
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financial services
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In Germany, one worker can produce either one cuckoo clock or one beer mug. In Taiwan, one worker can produce either two cuckoo clocks or three beer mugs. Who has the comparative advantage in each good?
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Germany in clocks and Taiwan in mugs
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In the United States, exports of goods and services accounted for about what percentage of GDP (total output) in 2014?
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13 percent
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Refer to the graphs. Terryville has a comparative advantage in producing
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product A
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Nation Alpha has a comparative advantage in product X, and nation Beta has a comparative advantage in product Y. Trade in the two products will only benefit the two nations if
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the prices charged for X and Y reflect their domestic opportunity costs.
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The accompanying tables show data for the hypothetical nations of Alpha and Beta. Qs is domestic quantity supplied, and Qd is domestic quantity demanded. Assuming that Alpha and Beta are the only two nations in the world, the equilibrium world price must be lower than $4 because, at $4,
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both nations want to export steel
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Assume that before specialization and trade, Gamma and Sigma both chose production possibility "C." Now if each specializes according to comparative advantage, the gains from specialization and trade will be
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40 tons of tea.
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Refer to the graph, which shows the import demand and export supply curves for two nations that produce a certain product. In this two-nation model, the equilibrium world price and quantity will be
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C and Q2
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The primary gain from international trade is
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more goods than would be attainable through domestic production alone.
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The Trade Adjustment Assistance Act of 2002 focused mainly on assisting
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workers displaced by imports or plant relocations abroad.
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Which of the following is an example of a capital-intensive commodity?
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chemicals
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Specialization and trade based on comparative advantage allow nations to attain the following results, except
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rising total employment
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In Latalia the domestic real cost of 1 ton of pork
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is 5 tons of beans
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The terms of trade reflect the
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ratio at which nations will exchange two goods
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A nation's import demand curve for a specific product
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shows the amount of the product it will import at prices below its domestic price