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