Name ________________________________________________ ECON 2101 - Principles of Macroeconomics‚ Spring 2009 - Test 1 VERSION B KEY Multiple Choice (2.5 points each) Choose the response that best answers the question or completes the statement. Make sure you put all of your responses on the opscan form. 1. Suppose that a more efficient way to produce a good is discovered‚ thus lowering production costs for the good‚ ceteris paribus. This will cause a(n): a) Increase in quantity supplied
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Data Exercise One ECON 201: Principles of Macroeconomics September 5‚ 2014 To live in an economy that is not negatively impacted by recession‚ downsizing‚ or business capsizing would be ideal. The unfortunate reality is that we are faced with economic situations that will be either helpful or hurtful to us all. Over the last few quarters between 2013 and 2014 the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)‚ conducted an analysis that reflects the changes in GDP. During this time the Nominal GDP
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Macroeconomics textbook notes Chapter 2: A Tour of the Book 2.1 Aggregate Output Aggregate: means “total” The measure of aggregate output in the national income accounts is gross domestic product (GDP) 3 ways of thinking about an economy’s GDP GDP is the value of the final goods and services produced in the economy during a given period Intermediate good is a good used in the production of the final goods and is not counted toward GDP GDP is the sum of value added in the Economy during a given
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ECOS2002 – Intermediate Macroeconomics Tutorial Questions Topic: ‘Fiscal Policy and the Open Income-Expenditure Model’ Tutorial 2: Week 4 (19-23 August) NB: The readings for this tutorial are indicated in Topic 2 of the reading guide. 1. In the Keynesian theory of output what is mechanism that brings about the equilibrium level of output determined by aggregate demand? 2. ‘The stance of fiscal policy cannot be measured by the size of the actual budget deficit.’ Why
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Macroeconomics I Spring 2012 Homework 5 Instructor: Dang Vu‚ Ph.D. Student name: Student ID: Due date: 04/26/12 Part I: Multiple Choice Questions: (60 points) Choose the best answer (1) among the choices for each question. Please make sure you understand the economics behind all answers rather than just copying your friend’s answers! I will ask you to explain your answer in class. Failure to explain your answer even though you did it right in your homework will lead to deduction of
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Question 1. List the two things that GDP measures. How can GDP measures two things at once? GDP measures the total economy income and total output of goods and services. The reason why GDP measures two things at once is that the output of goods and services and total income‚ quantitatively‚ are the same. For instance‚ every dollar of expenditure by a buyer must become a dollar of income to a seller. 2. What does the consumer price index measure? How is it different from the GDP deflator? Consumer
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Part 1 instructions: * Describe economic terms and concepts in question. * Describe your reasoning leading from concepts in question to the final answer. *Write full sentences and use double spacing between paragraphs. * Place copied sentences in quotation marks and list source materials used to arrive at your answers. * Edit your work for sentence structure‚ spelling and appropriate formatting of paragraphs. Your work should consist of at least 3 separate sections of text: 1) description
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Fundamentals of Macroeconomics ECO/372 3/10/13 University of Phoenix Fundamentals of Macroeconomics The economic status of the United States is based on numerous factors. Gross domestic products (GDP)‚ interest rates‚ and inflation rates are the factors that help sustain or damage the economy. The gross domestic product represents the overall value of goods over a specified amount of time‚ which is usually quarterly or yearly. There is also Real GDP‚ which is the same as GDP but‚ it shows
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of 7%‚ and the inflation rate is 3%‚ the real value of the deposits grows by 4% per year. The wealth that is held in savings account is not physical cash due to the money multiplier‚ thus the value of this money does not decrease. It is not a real variable‚ according to the monetary neutrality. Nominal interest rate = Real interest rate + Inflation rate 1 Question 2 Suppose that Australian expect inflation to equal 6 per cent in 2015‚ but in fact price rise by only 3 per cent. How would this unexpectedly
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Macroeconomics is the study of how a national economy works with a view to understanding the interaction between growth in national income ‚employment and inflation. It also looks at balance of trade and the rate of exchange. Most national governments have four main objectives for their national economies. These are; achieve a low and stable rate of inflation in the general level of prices‚ achieve a high and stable level of employment‚ and therefore a low level of unemployment‚ encourage economic
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