A. The multiplier effects
B. supply side economics
C. None of these answers
D. The crowding out effect
Economics Mcqs
In the EMU a country’s competitiveness can change because of ?
A. interest rate adjustment
B. central bank intervention in the Forex
C. domestic wage and price adjustment
D. devaluation
Which of the following statements about stabilization policy is not true ?
A. Many economists prefer automatic stabilizers because they affect the economy with a shorter lag than activist stabilization policy
B. None of these answers are true
C. Long lags enhance the ability of policy makers to fine tune the economy
D. When policy makers implement activist stabilization policies there is a significant risk that their policies may actually have a destabilizing effect
What is meant by an objective ?
A. A policy
B. A way of reaching a target
C. A target
D. A strategy
Which of the following best describes how an increase in the money supply shift the aggregate demand curve ?
A. The money supply shifts right prices fall spending increases and the aggregate demand curve shifts right
B. The money supply shifts right the interest rate rises investment decreases and the aggregate demand curve shifts left
C. The money supply shifts right the interest rate falls, investment increases, and the aggregate demand curve shifts right
D. The money supply shifts right, prices rise, demand curve shifts left
Which does the government not control directly ?
A. Spending on health
B. Spending on defence
C. Firms investment decisions
D. Spending on education
When money demand is expressed in a graph with the interest rate on the vertical axis and the quantity of money on the horizontal axis an increase in the interest rate ?
A. None of these answers
B. decrease the quantity demanded of money
C. increase the quantity demanded of money
D. decreases the demand for money
E. increases the demand for money
Which of the following can the government not use directly to control the economy ?
A. Pay rates within the private sector
B. pay rates in the public sector
C. investment in education
D. Benefits available for the unemployed and sick
For the Eurozone countries, the most important source of the downward slope of the aggregate demand curve is probably ?
A. The wealth effect
B. None of these answers
C. The exchange-rate effect
D. The fiscal effect
E. The interest-rate effect
Which of the following is a possible government objective as opposed to a policy ?
A. Lower interest rates
B. Lower taxation rates
C. Lower government spending
D. Lower inflation