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Issues in Macroeconomic Theory and Policy MCQ

During cost-push inflation, aggregate output _______ and the aggregate price level _________.

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Correct Answer: Falls; rises.

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Flat taxation is present when a set rate is applied to _______ levels of income.

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Correct Answer: All the above

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As long as people have different _____, everyone has a comparative advantage in something.

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Correct Answer: Opportunity costs

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Budget deficits automatically __________ during recessions and __________ during expansions.

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Correct Answer: Increase, decrease

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The open market operations of the fomc are the _______________ tool of the fed.

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Correct Answer: Reserve requirement.

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On average, since 1900 u.s. output has grown by roughly ____ percent per year.

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Correct Answer: 3

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Structural unemployment usually lasts ________ period of time ________ unemployment

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Correct Answer: A longer​ ; than frictional

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The ____________________ in an ad/as diagram is most relevant to say?s law.

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Correct Answer: Steep portion of the AS curve.

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A hybrid approach to monetary rules and inflation targeting is known as the ______.

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Correct Answer: Taylor rule

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The financial crisis of 2008 caused a rise in ______.

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Correct Answer: Unemployment

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In 2012, the Fed stated its intent to maintain inflation at an annual rate of ______.

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Correct Answer: 2%

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As aggregate demand falls, ______.

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Correct Answer: Output and employment also fall

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Real business cycle theory says that ______.

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Correct Answer: Economic fluctuations are the result of external negative and positive productivity shocks to the economy

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Rational expectations theory says that government fiscal and monetary policy work ______.

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Correct Answer: Only of the public is surprised

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Rational expectations economists believe that ______.

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Correct Answer: Both wages and prices are flexible

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In 2011, Professors Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims won a Nobel Prize for their work in ______.

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Correct Answer: Rational expectations theory

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During the 1990s, expected inflation was fairly ______.

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Correct Answer: Low

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The sacrifice ratio is considered to be ______.

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Correct Answer: A rough measure

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The idea that the economy’s employment level will self-correct is known as the ______.

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Correct Answer: Natural rate hypothesis

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In the 1960s, policy makers ______ the Phillips curve.

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Correct Answer: Widely followed

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High price stability corresponds with ______.

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Correct Answer: High unemployment

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How do higher prices affect people on fixed incomes?

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Correct Answer: They decrease their real income.

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When real wages drop, unemployment ______.

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Correct Answer: Decreases

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Theory of rational expectations belief that workers and consumers incorporate the likely consequences of government policy changes into their expectations by quickly adjusting wages and prices

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Correct Answer: True

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Real business cycle theory is the belief that economic fluctuations are the result of external negative and positive productivity shocks to the economy

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Correct Answer: True

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A hypothesis that states that the economy will self-correct to the natural rate of employment is called

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Correct Answer: Natural rate hypothesis

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___ is use of payment contracts that automatically adjust for changes in inflation

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Correct Answer: Indexing

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An individual’s belief that the best indicator of the future is recent information on inflation and unemployment is adaptive expectations

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Correct Answer: True

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