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