Questions in macroeconomics Instructor: MA. Bui Huy Khoi Chapter 1 What is economics? Top of Form [pic] Question 1 Resources in an economy: a) Are always fixed b) Can never decrease c) Always increase over time d) Are limited at any moment in time [pic] Question 2 Human wants are: a) Always fixed ) Limited c) Unlimited d) Likely to decrease over time [pic] Question 3 The sacrifice involved when you choose
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resources available to educate oneself with the world’s economics both past and present. We are also learning how economic indicators shape the world we live in and how they affect us both personally and professionally. Team C is learning that Macroeconomics studies the behavior of the aggregate economy such as uunemployment‚ expectations‚ consumer income‚ and interest rates within the United States. Team C has compiled a list of resources we found to be insightful to aide us with our learning process
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a base. a. True b. False (17-9) Eurodollars F T Answer: a EASY [vii]. A Eurodollar is a U.S. dollar deposited in a bank outside the United States. a. True b. False (17-9) LIBOR F T Answer: b EASY [viii]. LIBOR is an acronym for London Interbank Offer Rate‚ which is an average of interest rates offered by London banks to smaller U.S. corporations. a. True b. False
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Canada has an extremley large geography which plays a tremendous role on many factors that affect Canadians. These factors both help and hinder Canada economically‚ socially and politically. The geography of Canada has also caused regions to form. For the most part‚ these regions exist due to physical that are present in Canada’s landscape. Canada’s geography has also had a large impact on the influences that affect settlers. Canada’s relatively low popuation in comparison to the large land
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Summary of Macroeconomics Lectures for MBA 1st Year‚ VGSoM‚ IIT Kharagpur Course coordinator – Dr. Barnali Nag Lecture #4 (Unemployment) 1. The natural rate of unemployment definition: the long-run average or “steady state” rate of unemployment depends on the rates of job separation and job finding 2. Frictional unemployment due to the time it takes to match workers with jobs may be increased by unemployment insurance 3. Structural unemployment results from wage rigidity: the real wage
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Table of Contents A. INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................... I. The World ............................................................................................................ II. Brazil..................................................................................................................... B. THE COUNTRY ANALYSIS ..................................................................................
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Current Events Summary ECON 220: Macroeconomics Poverty across America is continuing to increase throughout suburbs faster than anywhere else in the United States. Currently‚ there are almost 16.4 million suburban residents who reside below the poverty line. The latest Census figures available‚ in 2011‚ showed that the poverty line for a family of four was just over $23‚000 (Luhby‚ 2013‚ para. 3). The number of suburban residents below the poverty line is roughly 3 million more than those residing
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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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Question 1 1. Economics studies _____. How society manages its scarce resources social welfare ethical use of resources protection of workers’ rights 5 points Question 2 1. GDP ______ Is the Gross Domestic Price Index Measures the market value of all final goods and services produced in the U.S. in a given year Measures the cost of inputs to factories in a given year Measures the unemployment rate 5 points Question 3 1. Inflation results in _____. A general decrease in
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Chapter 2 – Thinking Like an Economist • The economist as scientist o They devise theories‚ collect data‚ and then analyze these data in attempt to verify or refute their theories. o Scientific method = the dispassionate development and testing of theories about how the world works. o Although economist use theory and observation like other scientists‚ they face an obstacle that makes their task especially challenging: In economics‚ conducting experiments is often difficult and sometimes
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