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CLEP Macroeconomics: Monetary And Fiscal Policy

Subjects : clep, economics
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1. Relationship between inflation and unemployment






2. The competition in the marketplace provides economic stability






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






4. Inflation that results from an initial increase in costs






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






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






7. A sudden and drastic change in the supply curve






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






9. 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






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






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






12. Inflation accompanied by simultaneous increases in prices and unemployment






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






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






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






16. Rational Expectations Theorists






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






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






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






20. Relation between inflation and unemployment






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






22. This consequence of national debt may lead to inflation






23. Classical economists believe that the AS curve is _______






24. Fundamental equation of monetarism






25. According to Keynesian theory - AS curve is __________






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






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






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






29. Money is at the root of aggregate demand






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






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






32. Accumulation of government deficits






33. Basic Keynesian economic equation






34. Keynesian economics believes that AD is ________






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






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






37. One source of public debt






38. The budget must be balanced each year






39. Encourage foreign investment






40. ______ ______ is most important in a monetarist's view for determining output - price and employment levels






41. The price level rises and money loses value






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






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






44. 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






45. _________ will prefer to consume than to save






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






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






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