ECN 506 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Real Interest Rate, Potential Output, Output Gap

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Good economic conditions favor re-election of incumbents, and economic problems such as high inflation and high unemployment contribute to their defeat. Business cycle- is the short-run ( year-to-year) fluctuations in an economy"s output and unemployment. Central bank actions affect spending which determines output and changes in inflation. An economy"s output is the level of real gross domestic product ( real gdp) Unemployment rate ( u)- is the percentage of the labor force without jobs. The business cycle is the short-run movements of real gdp and u around their normal levels. Potential output ( y*)- is the normal or average level of output, as determined by resources and technology. Potential output is the amount that can be produced with normal, not maximum, utilization of resources. Natural rate of unemployment ( u*)- is the normal or average rate of unemployment. Unemployment is at the natural rate when output equals potential output, and workers are working at normal intensity.

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1. For a closed economy, the IS curve describes short-run movements in an economy via which of the following?

a. Interest rate Investment Output
b. Interest rate Investment Output
c. Tax rate Consumption Output
d. Interest rate Investment Output
e. Tax rate Government expenditure Output

2. A key difference between the long run and short-run models is the assumption _____________ in the short run

a. of zero inflation
b. of perfect price flexibility
c. that unemployment always equals its natural rate
d. that the economy never deviates from its long-run equilibrium
e. of sticky inflation (inflexible prices)

3. If prices are sticky and the Fed raises the nominal interest rate (ceteris paribus), __________ and __________ in the short run.

a. the real interest rate remains constant; real output remains at potential
b. the real interest rate falls; short-run real output falls
c. the unemployment rate rises; short-run real output rises
d. the real interest rate rises; short-run real output falls
e. the real interest rate falls; current real output falls

4. According to the Phillips curve, if the current output is above potential output (a boom),

a. inflation rises.
b. inflation falls.
c. unemployment rises.
d. inflation is constant.
e. prices fall.

5. According to the Phillips curve, in general during a recession

a. inflation rises.
b. prices fall.
c. unemployment falls.
d. inflation is constant.
e. inflation falls.

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1) As the unemployment rate rises:

A) the separation rate decreases.

B) the young and unskilled experience lower-than-average increases in unemployment.

C) the young and skilled experience larger-than-average increases in unemployment.

D) the young and unskilled experience larger-than-average increases in unemployment.

E) the proportion of the unemployed finding a job increases.

2) The natural level of employment will increase when which of the following occurs?

A) a decrease in the markup of prices over costs

B) an increase in the natural level of output

C) an increase in the actual unemployment rate

D) an increase in unemployment benefits

E) an increase in the markup of prices over costs

3) Suppose workers and firms expect the overall price level to increase by 4%. Given this information, we would expect that:

A) the real wage will decrease by 4%.

B) the real wage will increase by 4%.

C) the nominal wage will increase by less than 4%.

D) the nominal wage will increase by more than 4%.

E) the nominal wage will increase by exactly 4%.

4) An increase in the minimum wage will cause:

A) a reduction in the equilibrium real wage.

B) an increase in the natural rate of unemployment.

C) an increase in the equilibrium real wage.
D) a decrease in the natural rate of unemployment.

E) no change in the natural rate of unemployment.

5) In the aggregate demand relation, a reduction in the price level causes output to increase because of its effect on:

A) firms' markup over labor costs.

B) the nominal wage.

C) the interest rate.

D) the expected price level.

E) government spending.

6) The short-run aggregate supply curve (AS) is upward sloping because:

A) an increase in output causes an increase in employment, a reduction in unemployment, an increase in the nominal wage, and an increase in the price level.

B) a reduction in the aggregate price level causes a reduction in nominal money demand and a reduction in the interest rate.

C) a reduction in the aggregate price level (P) will cause a reduction in the interest rate and an increase in output.

D) an increase in the aggregate price level will cause an increase in the interest rate and a reduction in output.

E) an increase in the nominal wage causes a reduction in the amount of output that firms are willing to produce.

7) Assume that the economy is initially operating at the natural level of output. A simultaneous expansionary monetary policy and an increase in oil prices will cause which of the following?

A) an increase in output and a reduction in the interest rate in the short run

B) a reduction in output and an increase in the interest rate in the short run

C) a reduction in output and a reduction in the interest rate in the short run

D) an ambiguous effect in output and an increase in the price level in the short run

E) an ambiguous effect in output and a reduction in the price level in the short run

8) Assume that the economy is initially operating at the natural level of output. A one-time 4% reduction in the nominal money supply will cause:

A) a 4% increase in the price level in the medium run.

B) a 4% reduction in the price level in the medium run.

C) a 4% increase in the real money supply in the medium run.

D) a 4% increase in the interest rate (i) in the medium run.

E) a 4% reduction in investment in the medium run.

9) The original Phillips curve implied that:

A) the markup over labor costs is zero.

B) the expected inflation rate is equal to last year's inflation rate.

C) a lower rate of unemployment causes an increase in the rate of inflation.

D) the inflation is always zero.

E) the expected inflation is always zero.

10) In the Phillips curve equation, which of the following will NOT cause a rise in the current inflation rate?

A) a rise in the minimum wage

B) a rise in the expected inflation rate

C) a rise in the employment insurance

D) a drop in the markup

E) a fall in the unemployment rate

2. Using the AS and AD, WS and PS, and IS-LM graphs, illustrate and explain the short run and medium run effects of less stringent enforcement of existing antitrust legislation (Monopolist market power increased) . Explain what happens to P, Y, I, W/P, I and u.

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1. In the long run, when prices are perfectly flexible:

a. aggregate supply is vertical and a market economy is self-correcting.

b. a market economy cannot self-correct.

c. government will be required to set prices to maintain equilibrium.

d. changes in aggregate demand cause equilibrium real GDP to change.

2. An increase in household wealth when the SRAS curve is upward sloping:

a. leads to an increase in the price level but has no impact on real GDP

b. has no impact on the price level but leads to an increase in real GDP

c. leads to an increase in both the price level and real GDP

d. has no impact on the price level or real GDP

3. In the long run, continued increases in aggregate demand not matched by similar increases in aggregate supply will cause:

a. an increase in the full-employment level of real GDP

b. a recessionary gap

c. a decrease in the price level

d. an increase in the price level

4. The vertical long-run aggregate supply curve implies that:

a. changes in aggregate demand will not affect the price level

b. the short-run aggregate supply curve is also vertical

c. natural or full-employment real GDP does not depend on the price level, in the long run

d. natural or full-employment real GDP is the same as the equilibrium real GDP in the short run

5. A rightward shift of the long-run aggregate supply curve illustrates:

a. economic growth

b. a recessionary gap

c. an inflationary gap

d. a decrease in natural real GDP

6. When the economy is in a recessionary gap

a. there is a surplus of labor

b. there is a shortage of labor

c. it is producing a real GDP level that is greater than natural real GDP

d. the unemployment rate is less than the natural unemployment rate

7. If the actual unemployment rate is less than the natural unemployment rate:

a. a recessionary gap exists and wages are likely to rise

b. an inflationary gap exists and wages are likely to rise

c. a recessionary gap exists and wages are likely to fall

d. an inflationary gap exists and wages are likely to fall

8. An economy in long-run equilibrium is producing:

a. a level of real GDP that is greater than its natural real GDP

b. where both the price level and real output are maximized

c. a level of real GDP equal to its natural real GDP

d. in the vertical range of aggregate demand.

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