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CLEP Macroeconomics: Monetary And Fiscal Policy

Subjects : clep, economics
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  • Answer 48 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Money is at the root of aggregate demand






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






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






4. Rational Expectations Theorists






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






6. Relation between inflation and unemployment






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






8. Basic Keynesian economic equation






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






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






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






12. Accumulation of government deficits






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






19. The competition in the marketplace provides economic stability






20. Keynesian economics believes that AD is ________






21. 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






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






23. Inflation accompanied by simultaneous increases in prices and unemployment






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






25. Inflation that results from an initial increase in costs






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






27. The price level rises and money loses value






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






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






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






31. Classical economists believe that the AS curve is _______






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






33. According to Keynesian theory - AS curve is __________






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






35. Relationship between inflation and unemployment






36. One source of public debt






37. A sudden and drastic change in the supply curve






38. The budget must be balanced each year






39. Fundamental equation of monetarism






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






41. Encourage foreign investment






42. This consequence of national debt may lead to inflation






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






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






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






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






47. _________ will prefer to consume than to save






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