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CLEP Macroeconomics: Monetary And Fiscal Policy
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1. This consequence of national debt may lead to inflation
imbalance of trade
supply-side economics
interest payments on loans
total public debt
2. Using taxes and spending to influence the level of GDP in the short run
definition of M - V - P - and Q
C + I + G + X = GDP
Keynesian fiscal policy
inflation
3. Keynesian economics believes that AD is ________
inverse
stagflation
Phillips curve
unstable
4. In the short-run prices and wages are downwardly inflexible
definition of M - V - P - and Q
core of Keynesian economics
stagflation
anticipated inflation
5. Rational Expectations Theorists
anticipated inflation
NCE/RET
another name for New Classical Economists
equation of exchange
6. According to Keynesian theory - AS curve is __________
interest payments on loans
horizontal
supply-side economics
how to finance a deficit
7. Taxes and transfer payments that stabilize GDP without requiring policymakers to take explicit actions
vertical
unbalanced
cyclically balanced budget
automatic stabilizers
8. Prices adjust in a natural way to bring the markets for goods and labor into equilibrium
horizontal
inflation
money supply
classical economics
9. _________ will prefer to consume than to save
anticipated inflation
vertical
households
automatic stabilizers
10. Believe that markets are highly competitive and adjust prices quickly to changes in supply and demand
NCE/RET
households
Keynesian fiscal policy
horizontal
11. Which kind of inflation avoids some of the costs?
NCE/RET
self-interests
anticipated inflation
supply-side economics
12. Money supply - velocity - price level - physical volume of goods and services
Keynesian fiscal policy
automatic stabilizers
definition of M - V - P - and Q
vertical
13. The government must go to the money markets and compete with the private sector for funds
vertical
how to finance a deficit
C + I + G + X = GDP
classical economics
14. Amount spent = amount received - which is equation of exchange
annually balanced budget
MV = PQ
classical theory of economics
automatic stabilizers
15. Large annual debts create this - promoting imports and stifling exports
imbalance of trade
classical economics
annually balanced budget
inflation
16. Accumulation of government deficits
vertical
anticipated inflation
demand-pull inflation
total public debt
17. Inflation accompanied by simultaneous increases in prices and unemployment
inflation
stagflation
how to finance a deficit
monetarist view
18. _____ tend to alter the behaviour of the public when imposed by the government
taxes
supply-side economics
vertical
increase taxes - decrease spending - or decrease interest rates
19. Classical economists believe that the AS curve is _______
monetarist view
horizontal
inflation
vertical
20. The economy may stagnate in the absence of proper work - saving and investment incentives
inflation
core of Keynesian economics
supply-side economics
definition of M - V - P - and Q
21. New Classical Economists assert that households and firms pursue economics for their own ____-_________
self-interests
another name for New Classical Economists
classical economics
recessions
22. Inflation that results from an initial increase in costs
accommodation
monetarist view
supply-side economics
cost-push inflation
23. One source of public debt
unstable
recessions
inflation
stagflation
24. PQ or price level times physical volume of goods and services - is equal to...
imbalance of trade
nominal GDP
inflation
another name for New Classical Economists
25. The competition in the marketplace provides economic stability
automatic stabilizers
monetarist view
classical theory of economics
MV = PQ
26. Money is at the root of aggregate demand
self-interests
horizontal
nominal GDP
classical theory of economics
27. According to classical economics - AD curve is stable if....
recessions
stagflation
money supply is constant
nominal GDP
28. Relationship between inflation and unemployment
Phillips curve
inverse
debt
self-interests
29. Inflation that results from an initial increase in aggregate demand
Phillips curve
demand-pull inflation
automatic stabilizers
imbalance of trade
30. According to RET - cost of this depends on whether or not it is expected
self-interests
inflation
total public debt
interest payments on loans
31. NCE/RET imply that the aggregate supply curve is _______
automatic stabilizers
vertical
NCE/RET
Keynesian fiscal policy
32. Keynesian economists believe that monetary policy is a ____ tool for economic stability
weak
vertical
nominal GDP
total public debt
33. Relation between inflation and unemployment
Phillips curve
demand-pull inflation
money supply is constant
high interest rates
34. Three ways the government could reduce deficit: increase/decrease (1) taxes - (2) spending - and (3) interest rates
increase taxes - decrease spending - or decrease interest rates
expansionary fiscal policy
vertical
definition of M - V - P - and Q
35. ______ ______ is most important in a monetarist's view for determining output - price and employment levels
stagflation
demand-pull inflation
money supply
core of Keynesian economics
36. This kind of fiscal policy is necessary for a balanced budget - would tend to magnify the changes in the economy - and make the business cycle more pronounced
pro-cyclical
monetarist view
equation of exchange
high interest rates
37. Balancing the budget is secondary to ensuring that the economy runs at a non-inflationary full employment level
functional finance
expansionary fiscal policy
Phillips curve
imbalance of trade
38. Fundamental equation of monetarism
high interest rates
cyclically balanced budget
supply-side economics
equation of exchange
39. This kind of budget exerts counter-cyclical pressure on the economy - balancing the budgets in the bad times with the surpluses of the good times
cyclically balanced budget
expansionary fiscal policy
stagflation
accommodation
40. Modern fiscal policy favors this kind of budgets for the purpose of economic stabilization
unbalanced
recessions
MV = PQ
nominal GDP
41. According to Keynesian economists - this could pull the economy out of a recession or depression
inflation
equation of exchange
money supply
expansionary fiscal policy
42. Feeds on interest payments & limits a government's ability to use discretionary stabilization policies
pro-cyclical
how to finance a deficit
debt
cost-push inflation
43. Encourage foreign investment
high interest rates
another name for New Classical Economists
horizontal
recessions
44. The price level rises and money loses value
monetarist view
supply shock
expansionary fiscal policy
inflation
45. Basic Keynesian economic equation
definition of M - V - P - and Q
pro-cyclical
C + I + G + X = GDP
accommodation
46. A sudden and drastic change in the supply curve
money supply is constant
supply shock
annually balanced budget
equation of exchange
47. The use of monetary policy by the central bank to cushion the blow of aggregate supply shocks
how to finance a deficit
accommodation
money supply is constant
C + I + G + X = GDP
48. The budget must be balanced each year
annually balanced budget
functional finance
Keynesian fiscal policy
monetarist view