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CLEP Macroeconomics: Monetary And Fiscal Policy

Subjects : clep, economics
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1. ______ ______ is most important in a monetarist's view for determining output - price and employment levels






2. Encourage foreign investment






3. Accumulation of government deficits






4. Money is at the root of aggregate demand






5. According to RET - cost of this depends on whether or not it is expected






6. Three ways the government could reduce deficit: increase/decrease (1) taxes - (2) spending - and (3) interest rates






7. A sudden and drastic change in the supply curve






8. Taxes and transfer payments that stabilize GDP without requiring policymakers to take explicit actions






9. Prices adjust in a natural way to bring the markets for goods and labor into equilibrium






10. Money supply - velocity - price level - physical volume of goods and services






11. Amount spent = amount received - which is equation of exchange






12. Basic Keynesian economic equation






13. Relation between inflation and unemployment






14. PQ or price level times physical volume of goods and services - is equal to...






15. According to Keynesian economists - this could pull the economy out of a recession or depression






16. 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






17. Fundamental equation of monetarism






18. The economy may stagnate in the absence of proper work - saving and investment incentives






19. Classical economists believe that the AS curve is _______






20. According to classical economics - AD curve is stable if....






21. The competition in the marketplace provides economic stability






22. Large annual debts create this - promoting imports and stifling exports






23. Feeds on interest payments & limits a government's ability to use discretionary stabilization policies






24. Which kind of inflation avoids some of the costs?






25. The government must go to the money markets and compete with the private sector for funds






26. In the short-run prices and wages are downwardly inflexible






27. Rational Expectations Theorists






28. 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






29. New Classical Economists assert that households and firms pursue economics for their own ____-_________






30. Keynesian economics believes that AD is ________






31. Keynesian economists believe that monetary policy is a ____ tool for economic stability






32. The price level rises and money loses value






33. _________ will prefer to consume than to save






34. Relationship between inflation and unemployment






35. _____ tend to alter the behaviour of the public when imposed by the government






36. According to Keynesian theory - AS curve is __________






37. Using taxes and spending to influence the level of GDP in the short run






38. Inflation that results from an initial increase in aggregate demand






39. Balancing the budget is secondary to ensuring that the economy runs at a non-inflationary full employment level






40. Inflation that results from an initial increase in costs






41. One source of public debt






42. This consequence of national debt may lead to inflation






43. The budget must be balanced each year






44. Believe that markets are highly competitive and adjust prices quickly to changes in supply and demand






45. Modern fiscal policy favors this kind of budgets for the purpose of economic stabilization






46. Inflation accompanied by simultaneous increases in prices and unemployment






47. NCE/RET imply that the aggregate supply curve is _______






48. The use of monetary policy by the central bank to cushion the blow of aggregate supply shocks