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