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