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CLEP Macroeconomics: National Income And Price Determination
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Instructions:
Answer 46 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The fraction of a change in disposable income that is saved
marginal propensity to save (MPS)
movement along vertical LAS
shift to left
increases
2. When AD increases - the price level ________.
fluctuation in AD brings fluctuation in...
short-run equilibrium
right-ward shift of SAS
increases
3. When AD increases - real GDP __________.
increases
aggregate demand
slope of consumption function is equal to...
left
4. Relationship between saving and disposable income
increases
marginal propensity to consume (MPC)
monetary policy
saving function
5. Price levels rise due to a decrease in Short Run Aggregate Supply
shift to right
AD curve
stagflation
equation for MPS
6. The change in savings divided by the change in disposable income
vertical LAS
wealth effect
factors that cause shifts in AD curve
equation for MPS
7. A rise in the price level at a constant money wage rate brings a change in employment and real GDP and a movement along the ___ curve.
shift to right
SAS
substitution effect
wealth effect
8. When Short Run Aggregate Supply decreases - Real GDP falls below Potential GDP and the price level _________.
surplus
equation for MPS
increases
wealth effect
9. Potential GDP
vertical LAS
increases
movement along vertical LAS
fluctuation in AD brings fluctuation in...
10. The government's attempt to influence the economy by setting and changing taxes - transfer payments - and expenditures on goods and services
fiscal policy
break even income level
wealth effect
increases
11. Relationship between the quantity of real GDP demanded and the price level
recessionary gap
shift to left
aggregate demand
surplus
12. The quantity of real GDP demanded equals the quantity of real GDP supplied
fiscal policy
movement along vertical LAS
short-run equilibrium
shift
13. Slopes downward
equation for MPC
increases
increases
AD curve
14. People change consumption preferences daily between domestic goods and services and foreign goods and services
wealth effect
substitution effect
fluctuation in AD brings fluctuation in...
equation for saving function
15. Change in consumption expenditure divided by the change in disposable income
saving function
equation for MPC
increase in potential GDP
equation for saving function
16. MPC + MPS
shift to left
shift
leftward shift of SAS
1
17. Economic growth
break even income level
decrease
slope of consumption function is equal to...
right-ward shift of SAS
18. Real GDP and around potential GDP
increases
left
fluctuation in AD brings fluctuation in...
equation for saving function
19. When the money wage rate rises - the SAS curve shifts ____ but the LAS curve remains unchanged.
aggregate supply
consumption function
left
short-run equilibrium
20. MPC
slope of consumption function is equal to...
fluctuation in AD brings fluctuation in...
inflationary gap
recessionary gap
21. A rise in both the price level and the money wage rate that maintains full employment brings a movement along the ____ curve.
wealth effect
1
recessionary gap
LAS
22. Relationship between consumption expenditure and disposable income
wealth effect
break even income level
1
consumption function
23. Job expectations - fiscal or monetary policy - world economy - inflation - profits
1
factors that cause shifts in AD curve
right-ward shift of SAS
increases
24. Price level exceeds equilibrium price
slope of consumption function is equal to...
short-run equilibrium
surplus
decrease
25. Increase in AD
1
factors that cause shifts in AD curve
decrease
shift to right
26. A persistent increase in aggregate demand that exceeds the increase in potential GDP
SAS
inflation is a result of...
equation for saving function
slope of consumption function is equal to...
27. Sum of the quantities of all the final goods produced in the economy
shift to left
movement along vertical LAS
increases
aggregate quantity
28. The point on a consumption function where the consumption line intersects the 45 degree line
decrease
short-run equilibrium
shift to right
break even income level
29. Tendency for increases in the price level to lower the purchasing power of assets of financial assets and reduce total spending in the economy
wealth effect
SAS
increase in potential GDP
equation for saving function
30. The relationship between the quantity of real GDP supplied and the price level when the money wage rate and all other influences on production plans remain constant
short-run aggregate supply
saving function
wealth effect
consumption function
31. The relationship between the quantity of real GDP supplied and the price level
decrease
left
aggregate supply
aggregate quantity
32. Equilibrium real GDP is below potential GDP
slope of consumption function is equal to...
increases
saving function
recessionary gap
33. A rise in resource costs (labor - fuel - material - etc) will _______ SAS.
aggregate supply
short-run aggregate supply
decrease
increases
34. Indicates simultaneous change in price level and money wage rate
inflation is a result of...
shift to right
aggregate supply
movement along vertical LAS
35. A non-price related change causes a _____ in the demand curve
shift
1
wealth effect
increase in potential GDP
36. The ratio of change in consumption to change in income
increases
marginal propensity to consume (MPC)
inflation is a result of...
vertical LAS
37. Decrease in AD
shift
shift to left
consumption function
inflationary gap
38. The relationship between the quantity of real GDP supplied and the price level when real GDP equals potential GDP; potential GDP is real GDP when all the economy's labor - capital - land - and entrepreneurial ability are fully employed
substitution effect
long-run aggregate supply
increase in potential GDP
LAS
39. Increase in long-term growth
consumption function
stagflation
increase in potential GDP
aggregate supply
40. When potential GDP increases - both LAS and SAS curves shift _____.
right
decrease
substitution effect
short-run aggregate supply
41. Increased AD brings a(n) ___________ in SAS.
decrease
increases
right
inflation is a result of...
42. Economic slowdown
leftward shift of SAS
movement along vertical LAS
increases
inflation is a result of...
43. The value of consumption goods and services bought by households
shift to right
consumption function
factors that cause shifts in AD curve
consumption expenditure
44. The government's attempt to influence the economy by setting and changing interest rates - the exchange rate - and the quantity of money
monetary policy
fiscal policy
shift to left
shift to right
45. Equilibrium real GDP exceeds potential GDP
increases
inflationary gap
equation for MPC
marginal propensity to consume (MPC)
46. Disposable Income (DI) = Consumption(C) + Saving Consumption (S)
inflationary gap
fluctuation in AD brings fluctuation in...
equation for saving function
right-ward shift of SAS