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ECO 2013 Study Guide - Final Guide: Aggregate Demand, Demand Curve, Income Statement

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ECO 2013
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The best way to increase productivity is through education and training. Increase will increase gdp, decrease will decrease gdp. Personal income tax an increase in personal income tax will decrease consumption, savings and gdp. Cyclical deficit the deficit that occurs because of a downturn in the business cycle. Structural deficit the deficit that remains at full employment. Dollar appreciates when the dollar appreciates it"s called a strong dollar. When the dollar depreciates, it"s called a weak dollar and buys less foreign currency. Factors that cause entire demand schedule to shift either right or left other than price. Wages make up to 70% of variable costs (production costs). Transnational demand for money the money people hold as cash for the payments of day to day expenses. Consumption the largest component of aggregate expenditures model. Full employment act 1946 created 4 things: fiscal policy, monetary policy, joint economic committee of. Variable costs vary changes in inputs, 70% are labor costs.

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Related Questions

1. Explain how the real balance effect works?

2. How will either the AD curve or SRAS curve shift as a result of each of the following changes:

A rise in the interest rate

An adverse supply shock

A rise in wealth

3. Explain what happens to U.S. net exports and U.S. aggregate demand as the dollar depreciates

4. Explain what happens to aggregate demand in each of the following cases: (a) The interest rate rises; (b) Wealth falls; (c) The dollar depreciates relative to foreign currencies; (d) Households expect lower prices in the future; (e) Business taxes rise.

5. Explain how expectations about future sales will affect investment.

6. Explain how each of the following can affect short-run aggregate supply: (a) An increase in wage rates; (b) A beneficial supply shock; (c) An increase in the productivity of labor; (d) A decrease in the price of a nonlabor resource (such as oil).

(a) An increase in SRAS that is greater than the increase in AD will lead to an increase in Real GDP and a fall in the price level.

(b) A decrease in AD that is greater than the increase in SRAS will lead to a fall in both the Real GDP and the price level.

(c) An increase in SRAS that is less than the increase in AD will lead to an increase in both the

1.US manufacturers receive news that profits from current-period investments will be taxed at a higher rate. What effect will this have on the present US current account deficit? NOTE: A decrease in the current account deficit means the current account becomes less negative.

A. The current account deficit will likely decrease (become less negative)

B. The current account deficit will likely increase (become more negative)

C. This will have no effect on the US current account deficit

D. It's impossible to tell what effect this will have on the US current account deficit

 

2.Which of the following would be consistent with the hypothesis that US productivity growth is causing trade deficits:

A. Increases in stock prices over and above current earnings

B. Increased consumption as a ratio of GDP

C. Both

D. Neither

 

3.Evaluate the following statement using the model of trade deficits we learned in class: "Our country's trade deficit means that future generations will have to pay other countries back and will have less to consume than if we ran a balanced trade account". This statement is

A False: we can renege on our debts if they become too high.

B True: trade deficits means absolutely less consumption in future periods

C False: while in the future we will have to run trade surpluses if we run a trade deficit in the current period, increased investment means our absolute future consumption may be higher.

D True: trade deficits shift the share of consumption towards the current period and therefore the absolute consumption level in the future must be lower.

 

4.If a basket of goods in Home costs PH and PF in Foreign, and E is the price of the home currency in terms of the Foreign currency, which of the following is the Purchasing Power Parity equation?

A. PH = PF * E

B. PH / E = PF

C. PH * E = PF

D. PH / PF = E

14) Globalization refers to

A) the process of establishing a common world currency.

B) the willingness of individuals within a given country to share knowledge.

C) the process of countries becoming more open to foreign trade and investment.

D) the reduction in growth rates of real GDP per capita as a result of trade with foreign

countries.

15) According to a study by economists Raymond Fisman and Edward Miguel, as the level of corruption in a country increases,

A) so does the number of parking violations by the country's United Nations delegates.

B) so does the size of the country's population.

C) the levels of foreign direct investment and foreign portfolio investment decrease.

D) the levels of real GDP per capita and real income per capita increase.

16) Which of the following best describes the "wealth effect"?

A) When the price level falls, the real value of household wealth falls.

B) When the price level falls, the nominal value of household wealth falls.

C) When the price level falls, the nominal value of household wealth rises.

D) When the price level falls, the real value of household wealth rises.

17) The "interest rate effect" can be described as an increase in the price level that raises the interest 17) rate and chokes off

A) government spending.

B) government spending and unplanned investment.

C) investment and consumption spending.

D) net exports.

18) Which of the following is one explanation as to why the aggregate demand curve slopes downward?

A) Decreases in the price level raise the interest rate and increase consumer spending.

B) Decreases in the price level raise the interest rate and increase investment spending.

C) Decreases in the U.S. price level relative to the price level in other country's lower net exports.

D) Decreases in the price level to raise real wealth and increase consumer spending.

19) Higher personal income taxes

A) increase in aggregate demand.

B) increase disposable income.

C) decrease aggregate demand.

D) both B and C

20) If the U.S. dollar decreases in value relative to other currencies, how does this affect the aggregate demand curve?

A) This will move the economy up along a stationary aggregate demand curve.

B) This will move the economy down along a stationary aggregate demand curve.

C) This will shift the aggregate demand curve to the left.

D) This will shift the aggregate demand curve to the right.

21) How do lower taxes affect aggregate demand?

A) They increase disposable income, consumption, and aggregate demand.

B) They reduce disposable income, consumption, and aggregate demand.

C) they increase corporate investment and aggregate demand.

D) They increase aggregate supply and thus increase aggregate demand as well.