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