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If total output is calculated by adding up the market value of goods and services produced, then more expensive items:
receive a higher weighting than cheaper items.
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The greater demand for paid childcare services as women's labour force participation increases represents primarily:
a switch from non-market to market production.
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The value added by any firm equals the firm's ______ from selling the product minus _______.
revenue; the cost of inputs purchased from other firms
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People who enjoy high standards of living usually have all of the following EXCEPT:
freedom from scarcity.
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When economists use market values to aggregate output, they sum the:
price times the quantity of each item produced.
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The measure of the cost of a standard basket of goods and services in any period relative to the cost of the same basket of goods and services in the base year is called the:
consumer price index.
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A situation of negative inflation is called:
deflation.
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All of the following are nominal quantities EXCEPT the:
number of new houses built in one month.
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Deflating a nominal quantity is the process of dividing a ____ quantity by a ______ in order to express the quantity in ______ terms.
nominal; price index; real
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The nominal interest rate equals the
real interest rate plus the inflation rate.
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The unemployment rate equals the number of people:
unemployed divided by the labour force.
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People who would like to work full time, but are able to find only part-time work are officially counted as:
employed.
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Cyclical unemployment is:
the extra unemployment that occurs during periods of recession
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Who of the following would be counted as unemployed?
A person willing to work who has looked for a job in the preceding week
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Frictional unemployment is:
short-term unemployment that is associated with the process of matching workers with jobs
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In Macroland potential GDP equals €500 billion and real GDP equals €515 billion. Macroland has a(n) _________ gap equal to _____ percent of potential GDP.
expansionary; -3
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The key assumption of the basic Keynesian model is that in the short run firms ______.
meet demand at preset prices
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The tendency of changes in asset prices to affect spending on consumption goods is called the _____ effect.
wealth
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If consumption increases by €9 when after-tax disposable income increases by €10, the marginal propensity to consume equals:
0.9
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In the Keynesian cross diagram the 450 line represents the short-run equilibrium condition that:
Y = PAE
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Banks hold reserves:
to meet depositor withdrawals and payments
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If the actual reserve/deposit ratio equals 8% and the desired reserve/deposit ratio for this bank is 10%, the bank should:
stop making loans.
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The two main responsibilities of the European Central Bank are to _____ and to ______.
conduct monetary policy; oversee financial markets
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When the central bank buys €1,000,000 worth of government bonds from the public, the money supply:
increases by more than €1,000,000.
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The money demand curve will shift to the left if
the price level decreases.
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an decrease in the interest rate ______ IS curve
causes a movement along the
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An increase in money demand caused by an increase in income ______ the LM curve
causes a movement along
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In the equation Md = kY - hi, where Md is money demand, the parameter k captures _____
the transactions demand for money
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A higher equilibrium Y and a lower equilibrium i are best explained by _____
an increase in the money supply
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A decrease in the money supply leads to a _____ equilibrium value of ______
higher: i
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An increase in the value of a currency relative to other currencies is called a(n):
appreciation.
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The real exchange rate is the:
price of the average domestic good or service relative to the price of the average foreign good or service, when prices are expressed in terms of a common currency
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If a certain automotive part can be purchased in Poland for 32 zloty or in Germany for €5.25 and if the nominal exchange rate is 8 zloty per euro, then the automotive part:
is more expensive in Germany
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The demand for Swiss francs in the foreign exchange market equals 11,000 - 25,000 e and the supply of Swiss francs in the foreign exchange market equals 9,000 + 25,000 e, where e is the nominal exchange rate expressed in U.S. dollars per franc. The f
25;.04
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A decrease in the official value of a currency in a fixed-exchange-rate system is called a(n):
devaluation
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