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