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