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The Federal Reserve is becoming more cautious about rising inflationary pressure. Assuming this, how is the Fed likely to respond to fiscal stimulus if the economy is nearing full employment?

a. Increase money supply to decrease interest rates, increase investment and increase GDP.

b. Decrease money supply to raise interest rates, increase investment and increase GDP.

c. Decrease money supply to raise interest rates, decrease investment and decrease GDP.

d. Increase money supply to increase interest rates, decrease investment and decrease GDP.

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1. To counteract an economic contraction, the Federal Reserve (the Fed) often attempts to stimulate the economy by reducing interest rates. Describe the five-step process that starts with an increase in the money supply and ends with an increase in GDP.

2. To counteract inflation, the Fed often attempts to dampen economic growth by increasing interest rates. Describe the five-step process that starts with a decrease in the money supply and ends with a reduction in inflation and GDP.

3. What factors determine the effectiveness of this five-step process?

27.Individuals with low incomes probably

a. pay no Social Security tax

b. pay more Social Security tax than income tax

c. pay less Social Security tax than personal income tax

d. pay no taxes at all

e. are avoiding most of their tax payments

28. Which of the following is true?

a. The federal budget deficit is a flow and so is the national debt.

b. The national debt is both a stock and a flow.

c. The federal budget deficit is a stock and the national debt is a flow.

d. The federal budget deficit is a flow and the national debt is a stock.

e. The federal budget deficit is stock and so is the national debt.

30. When the U.S. government runs a deficit, it usually does the following:

a. it buys government bonds from the public

b. it asks the Treasury Department to print money to pay for the deficit

c. it sells new government bonds to the public

d. it borrows money directly from the Federal Reserve

e. it asks the Federal Reserve to print money to pay for the deficit

32. Under what condition can the U.S. government continue to pay interest on a rising debt without eventually needing to increase the average tax rate?

a. if the national debt grows at the same rate as nominal GDP

b. if the nominal interest on the national debt grows faster than nominal GDP

c. if the total interest payments on the national debt grow faster than nominal GDP

d. if the national debt grows faster than nominal GDP

e. if the real interest on the national debt grows faster than real GDP

34.The national debt

a. will be zero when the federal budget is balanced.

b. has been shrinking in the last 30 years.

c. is equal to the government’s budget deficit.

d. can grow without negative economic effects.

36.In the long run,

a. an increase in the federal budget deficit can lower the interest rate and investment spending.

b. an increase in the federal budget deficit can raise the interest rate and investment spending.

c. a decrease in the federal budget deficit can lower the interest rate and raise investment spending.

d. a decrease in the federal budget deficit can raise the interest rate and lower investment spending.

44. If the Fed conducts open market purchases (of bonds), we should expect to see the money supply

a. decrease, the interest rate increase, autonomous consumption decrease, business investment decrease, and real GDP decrease

b. increase, the interest rate decrease, autonomous consumption decrease, business investment decrease, and real GDP decrease

c. increase, the interest rate decrease, autonomous consumption increase, business investment increase, and real GDP increase

d. decrease, the interest rate decrease, autonomous consumption increase, business investment increase, and real GDP decrease

e. decrease, the interest rate increase, autonomous consumption increase, business investment increase, and real GDP increase

48. In the classical model the interest rate is determined in the money market; in the short-run macro model, the interest rate is determined in the market for loanable funds.

a. true

b. false

The demand for money
A) d and e are correct
B) all of the following are correct
C) decreases as the average selling price of a unit of outputincreases
D) increases as GDP increases
E) is increased by credit card usage
2. The higher the interest rate, the more of their wealth peoplewill hold as money.
A) True
B) False
3. The money demand curve slopes
A) downward because the cost of holding money decreases as theinterest rate decreases
B) downward because the cost of holding money increases as theinterest rate decreases
C) upward because people demand more money as GDP increases
D) upward because people demand more money as GDP decreases
E) downward because people demand more money as the price levelincreases
4. Which of the following, other things constant, will shift themoney demand curve to the left?
A) an increase in the interest rate
B) a decrease in the interest rate
C) a decrease in real GDP
D) an increase in real GDP
E) an increase in the price level
5. An increase in the money supply will
A) increase the demand for money at each interest rate
B) decrease the demand for money at each interest rate
C) lead people to try to exchange money for interest-bearingassets
D) lead people to try to exchange interest-bearing assets formoney
E) increase the interest rate
6. When an increase in the money supply reduces the interest rate,investment and nominal GDP increase.
A) True
B) False
7. In the short run, a decrease in the money supply will cause adecrease in Gross Domestic Product and a decrease in the pricelevel.
A) True
B) False
8. The demand curve for investment is graphed with __________ onthe vertical axis and __________ on the horizontal axis.
A) the interest rate; investment
B) investment; the interest rate
C) the price level; investment
D) investment; the price level
E) real GDP; investment
9. As the interest rate increases,
A) the demand for investment curve shifts to the right
B) the demand for investment curve shifts to the left
C) there is a movement downward along the demand for investmentcurve
D) there is a movement upward along the demand for investmentcurve
E) GDP increases
10. If the economy experiences a contractionary gap and the Fedstimulates the economy, then:
A) The money supply is increasing because the Fed prints moremoney
B) The money supply is decreasing because the Fed hoardsmoney
C) The money supply is increasing because the Fed makes open-marketpurchases
D) The money supply is decreasing because the Fed makes open-marketsales
E) There is no change in the money supply because the Fed cannotinfluence the money supply
11. If the Fed decreases the money supply, GDP
A) increases because the resulting increase in the interest rateleads to a decrease in investment
B) increases because the resulting decrease in the interest rateleads to an increase in investment
C) decreases because the resulting increase in the interest rateleads to a decrease in investment
D) decreases because the resulting increase in the interest rateleads to an increase in investment
E) decreases because the resulting decrease in the interest rateleads to an increase in investment
12. An increase in the money supply can increase the price level,real GDP, or both, but it is impossible to tell exactly what willhappen without knowing the slope of the aggregate supplycurve.
A) True
B) False
13. If the economy experiences an expansionary gap and the Fedsells US government securities in the open-market, then:
A) Money supply increases, investment increases, aggregate demandincreases
B) Money supply increases, the interest rate increases, and theaggregate demand increases
C) Money supply decreases, the interest rate decreases, and theaggregate demand falls
D) Money supply decreases, the investment decreases, and theaggregate demand decreases
E) Interest rate falls, investment falls, aggregate demandincreases
14. If the money supply equals $1,000 and nominal GDP equals$3,000, then V
A) equals 1/3
B) equals 3
C) equals 3 million
D) cannot be determined since we do not know anything aboutprices
E) cannot be determined since we do not know anything about realGDP
15. If the money supply is increasing at a constant 8 percent,velocity is constant, real GDP is increasing at 5 percent, and theinflation rate is 3 percent, which of the following is true?
A) The growth rate of GDP is too low to be maintained.
B) The inflation rate is too low to be maintained.
C) Velocity is too low to be maintained.
D) The money supply growth rate is too low to be maintained.
E) This situation can continue indefinitely.
16. If real output and velocity are stable and predictable, thenthe equation of exchange can be used to derive a simplerelationship between
A) the money supply and the price level
B) the money supply and the interest rate
C) the money supply and the foreign exchange rate
D) velocity and real GDP
E) velocity and nominal GDP
17. For the quantity theory of money to yield usefulpredictions,
A) fiscal policy must be ineffective in altering aggregatedemand
B) fiscal policy must be effective in altering aggregatedemand
C) the economy must be operating at the potential level of realGross Domestic Product
D) velocity must be stable or predictable
E) velocity must be unstable
18. A rising rate of inflation
A) makes people more willing to hold money as an asset
B) reduces the usefulness of money as a store of value and thusincreases the velocity of money
C) increases the usefulness of money as a medium of exchange andthus reduces the velocity of money
D) is usually preceded by a reduction in the money supply
E) does not, apparently, have any effect on the velocity ofmoney
19. There is considerable disagreement about whether the Fedshould
A) engage in open market operations
B) have the power to set reserve requirements
C) reduce the money supply when the economy is growing
D) allow banks to invest in the stock market
E) attempt to control interest rates or should instead attempt tocontrol the money supply
20. For interest rates to remain stable during economic expansions,the growth rate of the money supply should
A) exceed the growth in the demand for money
B) just match the growth in the demand for money
C) be less than the growth in the demand for money
D) be zero
E) just match the growth in nominal GDP


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