A. Shifts in aggregate supply
B. changes in export demand due to the state of the world economy
C. business confidence
D. business expectations
Aggregate Supply, Unemployment And Inflation
The relative-wage explanation for the existence of downwardly sticky wages emphasizes ?
A. the contention that workers in one industry may be unwilling to accept a wage cut unless they know that workers in other industries are receiving similar cuts
B. employment contracts that stipulate workers’ wages usually for a period of one to three years
C. unspoken agreements between workers and firms that firms will not cut wages
D. the incentive that firms may have to hold wages above the market clearing rate
All the following are types of monetary policy expect ?
A. a nominal money stock target
B. a balanced budget
C. an inflation target
D. The pursuit of a target real interest rate
The AD schedule indicates that ……. inflation is associated with …….. output?
A. higher, lower
B. higher, higher
C. lower, lower
D. zero, zero
In the classical model, potential output cannot be increased by ?
A. monetary growth
B. better technology
C. more capital
D. higher labor supply
At the intersection of AD and AS equilibrium is achieved in ?
A. the goods market
B. the money markets
C. the labor markets
D. all of these
Expansionary fiscal policy in the classical model will cause aggregate demand to ……. potential output?
A. exceeds
B. fall below
C. fluctuate around
D. remain equal to
The quantity theory of money says that changes in ….lead to equivalent changes in …. but have no effect on ……?
A. prices, wages, output and employment
B. output prices, employment
C. nominal money, the price level, output and employment
D. nominal money output prices
During Periods of rising inflation and rising interest rates we expect the demand for real cash to ?
A. rise
B. fall
C. not changes
D. fluctuates
The Phillips curve shows the trade-off between ….. and …..?
A. the inflation rate, interest rates
B. the inflation rate, the unemployment rate
C. interest rates, output
D. output, employment