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CLEP Macroeconomics: National Income And Price Determination

Subjects : clep, economics
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1. Slopes downward






2. Relationship between consumption expenditure and disposable income






3. When the money wage rate rises - the SAS curve shifts ____ but the LAS curve remains unchanged.






4. Economic slowdown






5. A rise in resource costs (labor - fuel - material - etc) will _______ SAS.






6. Increased AD brings a(n) ___________ in SAS.






7. Indicates simultaneous change in price level and money wage rate






8. When Short Run Aggregate Supply decreases - Real GDP falls below Potential GDP and the price level _________.






9. Increase in long-term growth






10. Equilibrium real GDP is below potential GDP






11. 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






12. Relationship between the quantity of real GDP demanded and the price level






13. A non-price related change causes a _____ in the demand curve






14. The ratio of change in consumption to change in income






15. The quantity of real GDP demanded equals the quantity of real GDP supplied






16. Price levels rise due to a decrease in Short Run Aggregate Supply






17. 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.






18. The fraction of a change in disposable income that is saved






19. A persistent increase in aggregate demand that exceeds the increase in potential GDP






20. Equilibrium real GDP exceeds potential GDP






21. Decrease in AD






22. The value of consumption goods and services bought by households






23. Disposable Income (DI) = Consumption(C) + Saving Consumption (S)






24. Job expectations - fiscal or monetary policy - world economy - inflation - profits






25. Tendency for increases in the price level to lower the purchasing power of assets of financial assets and reduce total spending in the economy






26. Price level exceeds equilibrium price






27. 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






28. People change consumption preferences daily between domestic goods and services and foreign goods and services






29. The change in savings divided by the change in disposable income






30. Increase in AD






31. When AD increases - real GDP __________.






32. Sum of the quantities of all the final goods produced in the economy






33. When potential GDP increases - both LAS and SAS curves shift _____.






34. The relationship between the quantity of real GDP supplied and the price level






35. MPC + MPS






36. Economic growth






37. Potential GDP






38. Relationship between saving and disposable income






39. MPC






40. Real GDP and around potential GDP






41. When AD increases - the price level ________.






42. The point on a consumption function where the consumption line intersects the 45 degree line






43. A rise in both the price level and the money wage rate that maintains full employment brings a movement along the ____ curve.






44. The government's attempt to influence the economy by setting and changing interest rates - the exchange rate - and the quantity of money






45. Change in consumption expenditure divided by the change in disposable income






46. The government's attempt to influence the economy by setting and changing taxes - transfer payments - and expenditures on goods and services