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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Honors NSL Government Mitch McConnell Background and Beliefs Analysis Background: Mitch McConnell who is now the Republican Leader of the Senate was born in Sheffield‚ Alabama and raised in Louisville‚ Kentucky in a Baptist household. He attended the University of Louisville and graduated with honors earning a Bachelors Arts degree in political science. He then earned masters at the University Of Kentucky College Of Law. Before the start of his early political career he served 6 months
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Econ 103 Ch 4: Page 88 (page 490 in Economics) 1. Define GDP and distinguish between a final good and an intermediate good. Provide examples. GDP is the market value of all the final goods and services produced within a country in a given time period. A final good or service is an item that is sold to the final user‚ that is‚ the final consumer‚ government‚ a firm making investment‚ or a foreign entity. An intermediate good or service is an item that is produced by one firm‚ bought
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ECONTWO: EXERCISE 1 WINFRED M. VILLAMIL 3rd TERM‚ 2013-2014 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Indicate to which the following items of GDP belong by writing C for personal consumption expenditure‚ I for gross capital formation‚ G for government spending‚ and EX for exports. Write O if it is excluded from current GDP. O 1. Payment by the government of social security benefits to a retired public
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• An increase in money supply causes inflation. (positive statement). • Government budget deficits are higher during recessions. When the government spends more than it collects in revenues‚ recessions result. (association by causation). • Macroeconomics is the study of nation and global economics without assuming individuals are rational. • Increase in the income of consumers would result in an increase in the equilibrium price of iPods. • A market allocation system leads to the increase of
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Macroeconomic Forecast Outline Macroeconomics is‚ "the part of economics concerned with the economy as a whole; with such major aggregates as the household‚ business‚ and government sectors; and with measures of the total economy" (McConnell & Brue‚ p.13). "Two of the most critical questions in macroeconomics are: (1) What determines the level of GDP‚ given a nation ’s production capacity? (2) What causes real GDP to rise in one period and to fall in another?" (McConnell & Brue‚ p.72). So
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Macroeconomics explores trends in the national economy as a whole considering the study of the sum of individual economic factors. Industry is affected by factors such as GDP‚ unemployment‚ inflation‚ interest rates‚ and consumer price index. Fiscal (government) policy can help guide the economy toward a particular track without dictating a specific ending affecting tax‚ interest rates‚ and government spending (McConnell and Brue‚ 2005). Monetary policy attempts to achieve vast economic goals by
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Macroeconomic Status Neina Gonzalez Chamberlain College of Nursing Principles of Economics ECON-312N Professor Sarah Jenyk August 16‚ 2014 Macroeconomic Status Introduction This paper will discuss the macroeconomic situation of the United States‚ including but not limited to unemployment‚ inflation and recession and the effect of these things on the economy. The Problem
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Macroeconomic study of deal not with individual but aggregate of these quantities not with individual incomes but nation incomes not with individual output but with the nation output Macroeconomic as two policies which are; Financial or monetary macroeconomic policies: The government can make the balance of how money can be supply. The money can be supply in three term which are: OMO- Open Market Operation Reserve requirement Interest Rate OMO can supply money into the bank through
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Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy Session-1 SessionBiswa Swarup Misra Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy PDF created with pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com Biswa Swarup Misra Learning Objectives • What is Macroeconomics? • Macroeconomics vs. Microeconomics • Why Study Macroeconomics? • Influential macroeconomic events • Macro Economic Policy • Key Macroeconomic Variables Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy PDF created with pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com Biswa Swarup
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