macro final exam uark
Answer the question using the accompanying opportunity-cost ratios for two products, fish (F) and chicken (C), in countries Singsong and Harmony. Assume that production occurs under conditions of constant costs and that these are the only two nations in the world.Singsong: 1C ≡ 5FHarmony: 6C ≡ 3FIn Harmony the domestic opportunity cost of each fish
6 chickens
The level of aggregate expenditures in a mixed open economy consists of
Ca + Ig + Xn + G.
The domestic opportunity cost of producing 100 pairs of shoes in Germany is 40 bottles of wine. In France, the domestic opportunity cost of producing 100 pairs of shoes is 50 bottles of wine. In this case,
Germany has the comparative advantage in shoes.
Which of the following is an example of economic investment?
O Railroad buys a new railcars for their trains.
Which of the following would most likely shift the aggregate demand curve to the right?
an increase in stock prices that increases consumer wealth
Which one of the following would increase per-unit production cost and therefore shift the aggregate supply curve to the left?
an increase in the price of imported resources
The immediate-short-run aggregate supply curve represents circumstances where
both input and output prices are fixed.
Recurring increases and decreases in an economy's real GDP over periods of years are called
business cycles
Which of the following is an example of a capital-intensive good?
computers
Which of the following would most likely shift the aggregate demand curve to the right?
consumers expect lower future prices
Which of the following is a tool of monetary policy?
creating new money to pay for bond purchases
Economic growth is best defined as an increase in
either real GDP or real GDP per capita
Suppose the domestic price (no-international-trade price) of cotton is $0.87 per pound in the United States while the world price is $0.98 per pound. Assuming no transportation costs, the United States will
export cotton
Prices for airline tickets change hourly. This would suggest that airline ticket prices are
extremely flexible
Assume that Kyle is temporarily unemployed because he has voluntarily quit his job with company A and to begin a better job in two weeks with company B. Kyle will be considered
frictionally unemployed
If the MPS in an economy is 0.25, government could shift the aggregate demand curve rightward by $60 billion by
increasing government spending by $15 billion.
If the MPC in an economy is 0.80, government could shift the aggregate demand curve leftward by $48 billion by
increasing taxes by $12 billion.
If the Federal Reserve System buys government securities,
interest rates on the securities will fall.
Alex works in his own home as a homemaker and full-time caretaker of his children. Officially, he is
not in the labor force
Demand-pull inflation
occurs when total spending exceeds the economy's ability to provide output at the existing price level.
Examples of products with output prices that are typically fixed in the immediate short-run include
products that are listed in a catalog.
If a nation's real GDP increases from $100 billion to $120 billion and its population jumps from 200 million to 240 million, its real GDP per capita will
remain constant.
Graphically, demand-pull inflation is shown as a
rightward shift of the AD curve along a downward-sloping AS curve.
If the equilibrium level of GDP in a private open economy is $1,000 billion and consumption is $700 billion at that level of GDP, then
saving must be $300 billion.
macroeconomics approaches the study of economics from the viewpoint of
the entire economy
The MPC for an economy is
the slope of the consumption schedule or line
If a nation's real GDP is growing by 5 percent per year, its real GDP will double in approximately
22 years
Which of the following is an example of a land-intensive good?
beef
