Question 1

According to mainstream macroeconomists, U.S. macro instability has resulted from

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A)   investment "booms" and "busts" and, occasionally, adverse aggregate supply shocks.
B)   adherence by the Fed to a monetary rule.
C)   government's attempts to balance its budget.
D)   wide ﬂuctuations in net exports.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 2

Monetarists believe that

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A)   prices and wages are inﬂexible or sticky.
B)   both product and resource markets are monopolistic.
C)   velocity is relatively stable.
D)   the economy is more stable when active ﬁscal and monetary policy are used.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

Suppose that, as expected, aggregate demand in the economy sharply declines. New classical economists say that the price level will _____________ and real output will ____________.

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A)   fall; remain constant
B)   fall; fall
C)   remain constant; fall
D)   remain constant; riseE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

In rational expectations theory, a fully anticipated change in aggregate demand or in the price level
results in no change in real output.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

A higher wage could result in a lower labor cost per unit of output than a lower wage if the higher wage

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A)   is accompanied by an offsetting decline in fringe beneﬁts.
B)   increases supervision costs.
C)   reduces job turnover.
D)   increases worker absenteeism.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 6

According to monetarists, the Great Depression in the United States largely resulted from

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A)   contractionary ﬁscal policy.
B)   excessive imports relative to exports.
C)   signiﬁcant changes in technology and resource availability.
D)   inappropriate monetary policy.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 7

In comparing monetarism and rational expectations theory, we ﬁnd that

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A)   both favor policy rules and for the same reasons.
B)   both favor policy rules, but for different reasons.
C)   both favor discretionary policies.
D)   the former favors discretionary policy, while the latter favors policy rules.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 8

If the amount of money in circulation is $180 billion and the value of the economy's total output is $540 billion, then the

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A)   circulation period of money must be one-fourth of a year.
B)   velocity of money is 4.
C)   average price per ﬁnal good sold is $3.
D)   velocity of money is 3.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 9

The equation of exchange is

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A)   AS = AD.
B)   Saving = Income - Spending.
C)   MV = PQ.
D)    AD=C+Ig+G+XnA D = C + I _ { g } + G + X _ { n }AD=C+Ig​+G+Xn​E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 10

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A)   E.
B)   B.
C)   C.
D)   D.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 11

Adherents of the traditional monetary rule advocate that the

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A)   functional ﬁnance approach to ﬁscal policy be adopted.
B)   money supply should be increased by a constant rate year after year.
C)   money supply should be reduced during inﬂation and increased during recession.
D)   money supply should be increased during inﬂation and reduced during recession.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

Rational expectations theory suggests that people make consistent forecasting errors regarding the
effects of policy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Refer to the graph. Assume that the economy is in initial equilibrium where AD  AD1A D _ { 1 }AD1​  intersects A
 AS1.A S _ { 1 }.AS1​.  . If
There is an anticipated decrease in aggregate demand to AD
 AD2A D _ { 2 }AD2​  , then, according to rational
Expectations theory, the path for adjustment runs from point

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A)   A to B to C.
B)   A to D to C.
C)   A directly to C.
D)   A directly to D. E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

In real-business-cycle theory, changes in the

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A)   demand for money respond to changes in the supply of money.
B)   supply of money respond to changes in the demand for money.
C)   demand for money respond to changes in eﬃciency wages.
D)   supply of money respond to changes in coordination failures.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 15

How can paying workers an above-market wage result in greater eﬃciency? What are the
implications for the ﬂexibility of wages?

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An above market wage can result in great...

Question 16

Explain the new classical view of self-correction in the economy.

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New classical economics contends that wh...

Question 17

The idea of coordination failures suggests the possibility of less than desirable price-level and real-
output equilibriums in the economy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following groups of economists is most likely to favor annually balanced federal budgets?

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A)   mainstream economists
B)   supply-side economists
C)   rational expectations economists
D)   functional ﬁnance economistsE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 19

Describe two basic differences between the mainstream and monetarist economic theories.

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The mainstream view is that instability ...

Question 20

Monetarists believe that a monetary policy rule will tend to lead to inﬂation.

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A) True 
 B)False

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