EC 309 Final
Assume that the nominal interest rate is 11%, the inflation rate is 8%, and government debt at the beginning of the year equals $4 trillion. By how much is the government budget deficit overstated as a result of inflation?
$0.32 trillion
In the Keynesian cross model, if the MPC equals 0.75, then a $3 billion decrease in taxes increases planned expenditures by _____ and increases the equilibrium level of income by _____.
$2.25 billion; $9 billion
According to the Keynesian cross model, if the marginal propensity to consume is 2/3, a tax cut of $120 billion increases equilibrium income by _____ billion.
$360
According to the Keynesian cross model, if the marginal propensity to consume is 23, an increase in government purchases of $120 billion increases equilibrium income by _______ billion.
$360
If the debt of the US federal government in 2022 was divided equally among the people in the United States, then the debt per person would equal approximately:
$92,000
If the government debt, D, equals $5 trillion, the nominal interest rate is 7%, and the real interest rate is 3%, then nominal budget deficit overstates the real deficit by $_____trillion
.20
Assume that an economy has the Phillips curve pi = pi - 1 - 0.5 (u - 0.06). Then the natural rate of unemployment is:
0.06
According to the Keynesian cross analysis, if the marginal propensity to consume is 0.6 and government expenditures and autonomous taxes are both increased by 100, equilibrium income will rise by:
100
Assume that the money demand function is (M/P)d = 2,200 - 200r, where r is the interest rate in percent. If the price level is fixed at P = 2, and the Fed wants to fix the interest rate at 7%, it should set the money supply at:
1600
The typical estimate of the sacrifice ratio is approximately:
5-6%
If the IS curve is given by Y = 1700 - 100r, the money demand function is given by (M/P)d = Y - 100r, the money supply is 1000, and the price level is 2, then if the money supply is raised to 1200, equilibrium income rises by _____ and the interest rate falls by _____.
50, .5%
If MPC = 0.6 (and there are no income taxes) when G increases by 200, then the IS curve for any given interest rate shifts to the riht by:
500
Using the Keynesian cross analysis, assume that the consumption function is given by C = 200 + 0.7 (Y-T). If planned investment is 100 and T is 100, then the level of G needed to make equilibrium Y equal 1,000 is:
70
Starting from long-run equilibrium at A with output equal to Y and the price level equal to P1, if there is an unexpected monetary contraction that shifts aggregate demand from AD1 to AD3, then the short-run nonneutrality of money is represented by the movement from:
A to G
Starting from long-run equilibrium at A with output equal to Y and the price level equal to P1, a demand-pull inflation would be represented by a shift from:
AD1 to AD2
Based on the graph, if the economy starts from a short-term equilibrium at D, then the long-run equilibrium will be at _____, with a _____ price level.
C, higher
In the Keynesian cross model, actual expenditures equal:
GDP
A tax cut shifts the _____ curve to the right, and the aggregate demand curve _____.
IS, shifts to the right
The US recession of 2001 can be explained in part by a declining stock market and terrorist attacks. Both of these shocks can be represented in the IS-LM model by shifting the _____ curve to the _____.
IS; left
Based on the graph, which is the correct ordering of the price levels and money supplies?
PI>P2 & M1< M2
In the IS-LM model, which of the following causes income to decline and the interest rate to rise?
a decrease in the money supply
Using fiscal policy, including automatic stabilizers, to stabilize output over a business cycle is not consistent with:
a strict balanced-budget rule.
The factors most responsible for forecasts of the US government debt spiraling out of control in the next half century are the projected:
aging of the US population and rising health care costs.
In the IS-LM model, which of the following causes both the interest rate and income to decline?
an increase in taxes
The IS and LM curves together generally determine:
both income and the interest rate.
When a government spends more than it collects in taxes, it runs a:
budget deficit
Ricardian equivalence may fail to hold if
consumers face binding borrowing constraints
According to the Keynesian cross analysis, if MPC stands for marginal propensity to consume, then a rise in taxes of deltaT will:
decrease equilibrium income by deltaT (MPC) / (1-MPC).
Starting from the natural level of output, an unexpected monetary contraction will cause output and the price level to _____ in the short run; and in the long run the expected price level will _____, causing the level of output to return to the natural level.
decrease, decrease
A debt-financed tax cut will _____ saving in the traditional view and _____ saving in the view of Ricardian equivalence.
decrease, not change
An explanation for the slope of the IS curve is that as the interest rate increases, the quantity of investment _____, and this shifts the expenditure function _____, thereby decreasing income.
decreases, downward
In a time of inflation when the government budget is balanced in the conventional sense, the real (that is, deflated) value of the government debt is:
decreasing at the rate of inflation.
The amount by which government spending exceeds government revenues is called the _____, and the accumulation of past government borrowing is called the _____.
deficit, debt
The severity of the Great Depression may be partly explained by an increase in expected
deflation, which raised real interest rates above nominal interest rates.
A rightward shift in aggregate _____ moves the economy along the short-run Phillips curve to a point with _____ inflation.
demand, higher
The tradeoff between inflation and unemployment does not exist in the long run because people will adjust their expectations so that expected inflation:
equals the inflation rate.
The cyclically adjusted budget deficit
estimates what the deficit would be if the economy were operating at the natural rate of output.
Historically, the primary cause of increases in government debt has been:
financing wars.
Other things equal, a given change in government spending has a larger effect on demand the:
flatter the LM curve
If fiscal policymakers are motivated by tax smoothing, then budget surpluses are appropriate when income is unusually _____ or government expenditure is unusually _____.
high, low
The LM curve slopes upward because _____ income increases money demand and, in turn, increase the _____.
higher, interest rate
The IS curve slopes downward because a _____ interest rate reduces _____ and thus income.
higher, planned investment
An increase in taxes lowers income:
in the short run but leaves it unchanged in the long run, while lowering consumption and increasing investment.
If the hypothesis of hysteresis is correct and output is lost even after a period of disinflation, the sacrifice ratio for an economy will:
increase
Suppose that a heightened risk of terrorist attack reduces consumer confidence, inducing people to save more. To stabilize aggregate demand, the Fed should
increase the money supply to lower the interest rate
Based on the graph, starting from equilibrium at interest rate r3, income Y2, IS1, and LM1, if there is an increase in government spending that shifts the IS curve to IS2, then in order to keep the interest rate constant, the Federal Reserve should _____ the money supply, shifting to _____.
increase, LM2
According to the theory of liquidity preference, decreasing the money supply will _____ nominal interest rates in the short run, and, according to the Fisher effect, decreasing the money supply will _____ nominal interest rates in the long run.
increase, decrease
If the Fed holds the interest rate constant in response to an increase in government purchases, the money supply will _____, and the impact on income will be _____ than if the money supply were held constant.
increase, larger
According to the theory of liquidity preference, the central bank can _____ the supply of money and _____ the interest rate.
increase, lower
According to the traditional view of government debt, a debt-financed tax cut
increases output in the short run but decreases it in the long run.
According to the Ricardian view of government debt, a debt-financed tax cut
increases private saving but has no effect on national saving
When the federal government incurs additional debt to acquire an asset, under current budgeting procedures the deficit _____, while under capital budgeting procedures the deficit _____.
increases; does not change
The reason that the income response to a fiscal expansion is generally less in the IS-LM model than it is in the Keynesian cross model is that the Keynesian cross model assumes that:
investment is not affected by the interest rate, whereas in the IS-LM model fiscal expansion raises the interest rate and crowds out investment.
A given increase in taxes shifts the IS curve more to the left the:
larger the marginal propensity to consume
When firms experience unplanned inventory accumulation, they typically:
lay off workers and reduce production
Along an aggregate supply curve, if the level of output is less than the natural level of output, then the price level is:
less than the expected price level
As a result of a contraction in aggregate demand, the _____ declines, but over time it returns to its former level as the expected price level _____.
level of output, falls
According to the traditional view of government debt, if taxes are cut without cutting government spending, then the long-run effects will be _____ steady-state capital and _____ consumption.
lower, lower
An increase in the demand for money, at any given income level and level of interest rates, will, within the IS-LM framework, _____ output and _____ interest rates.
lower, raise
The aggregate demand curve generally slopes downward and to the right because, for any given money supply M, a higher price level P causes a _____ real money supply M/P, which _____ the interest rate and _____ spending.
lower, raises, reduces
If only unanticipated changes in the money supply affect real GDP, the public has rational expectations, and everyone has the same information about the state of the economy, then
monetary policy cannot be used to systematically stabilize output.
According to the traditional view of government debt, if taxes are cut without a cut in government spending, then in the United States this situation will lead to _____ net indebtedness on the part of the United States to foreign countries and _____ net exports.
more, fewer
The IS-LM model is generally used:
only in the short run.
High levels of government debt that raise investors' fear of a government default on debt will result in capital _____ and a(n) _____ of the country's exchange rate.
outflows, depreciation
The sticky-price model of aggregate supply explains why
output declines when prices fall below expected prices.
In times of inflation, the government's budget deficit is _____ because government expenditure includes the _____ interest payments on government debt.
overstated, nominal
A recession may alter an economy's natural rate of unemployment in all of these ways EXCEPT by:
permanently reducing the money supply.
Along a short-run aggregate supply curve, output is related to unexpected movements in the _____. Along a Phillips curve, unemployment is related to unexpected movements in the _____.
price level; inflation rate
Some firms do not instantly adjust the prices they charge in response to changes in demand for all of these reasons EXCEPT:
prices do not adjust when there is perfect competition.
Financing a budget deficit by _____ leads to inflation, and inflation _____ the real value of government debt.
printing money, decreases
Based on the graph, starting from equilibrium at interest rate r1 and income Y1, an increase in government spending would generate the new equilibrium combination of interest rate and income:
r2, Y3
Based on the graph, starting from equilibrium at interest rate r3, income Y2, IS1, and LM1, if there is an increase in government spending that shifts the IS curve to IS2 and the Federal Reserve does not change the money supply, the new equilibrium combination of interest and income will be:
r2, Y3
Based on the below graph, starting from equilibrium at interest rate r1 and income Y1, an increase in the money supply would generate the new equilibrium combination of interest rate and income:
r3, Y3
Other things equal, an expected deflation can change demand by:
raising the real interest rate for any given nominal interest rate, thus reducing desired investment.
Tax smoothing is a desirable policy because it:
reduces the distortions of incentives caused by taxes
A central bank can reduce inflation at the smallest cost if people's expectations of inflation
respond quickly to new policy regimes
Economists who believe that monetary policy is more potent than fiscal policy argue that the:
responsiveness of money demand to the interest rate is small.
If output is above its natural level, over time the price level will _____, shifting the _____ curve and moving the economy toward its long-run equilibrium.
rise, LM
In the below, if firms are producing at level Y3, then inventories will _____, inducing firms to _____ production
rise, decrease
The percentage of a year's real GDP that must be forgone to reduce inflation by 1 percentage point is called the
sacrifice ratio
Given a reduction in income tax withheld, but no change in income tax owed, households that act according to Ricardian equivalence would _____ the extra take-home pay, while those facing binding borrowing constraints would _____ the extra take-home pay
save, spend
Based on the graph, if the interest rate is r3, then people will _____ bonds, and the interest rate will _____.
sell, rise
An increase in the expected price level shifts the _____ aggregate supply curve to the _____.
short-run, left
The LM curve, in the usual case:
slopes up to the right
Each of the two models of short-run aggregate supply is based on some market imperfection. In the sticky-price model, the imperfection is that:
some firms do not adjust their prices instantly to changes in demand.
If the interest rate is above the equilibrium value, the:
supply of real balances exceeds the demand.
A rightward shift in aggregate _____ shifts the short-run Phillips curve so that the economy experiences _____ inflation for any level u=of unemployment
supply, lower
Along an IS curve all of these are always true EXCEPT:
the demand for real balances equals the supply of real balances.
To illustrate inflation intertia in an aggregate demand-aggregate supply model, the short-run aggregate supply curve shifts upward because of increases in _____, and the aggregate demand curve shifts upward because of increases in _____.
the expected price level; the money supply
At the intersection of the IS and LM curves,
the goods market and money market are both in equilibrium.
Based on the Keynesian model, one reason to support government spending increases over tax cuts as measures to increase output is that:
the government-spending multiplier is larger than the tax multiplier.
The LM curve shows combinations of _____ that are consistent with equilibrium in the market for real money balances.
the interest rate and the level of income
The IS curve shifts when any of the following economic variables change EXCEPT:
the interest rate.
If an economy is in a liquidity trap, then an expansionary monetary policy ends up increasing:
the liquidity of household portfolio.
As the short-run Phillips curve shifts from A to B to C to D:
there is a lower-than-expected rate of inflation at every level of unemployment
The debt-deflation theory of the Great Depression suggests that an _____ deflation redistributes wealth in such a way as to ______ spending on goods and services.
unexpected, reduce
A decrease in the nominal money supply, other things being equal, will shift the LM curve:
upward and to the left
Throughout US history, the most common cause of large increases in government debt has been
wars, which cause large increases in government spending.
Ricardian equivalence refers to the same impact of financing government:
whether by debt or taxes