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