mac08L1


  • 1
  • At potential GDP, the economy has an unemployment rate that ______________________.

    equals the natural rate of unemployment
    equals full employment
    equals zero
    is less than the natural rate of unemployment


  • 2
  • The long-run aggregate supply curve is the relationship between the quantity of real GDP supplied and ________________ when _______________.

    the price level; real GDP equals nominal GDP
    real GDP demanded; the unemployment rate is constant
    real GDP demanded; the wage rate is constant
    the price level; real GDP equals potential GDP


  • 3
  • Along the short-run aggregate supply curve, __________________.

    the real wage rate is constant
    real GDP equals nominal GDP
    resource prices and potential GDP are constant
    real GDP equals potential GDP


  • 4
  • Aggregate demand is the relationship between the quantity of ______________.

    real GDP demanded and the inflation level
    real GDP demanded and the wage rate
    GDP demanded and the wage rate
    real GDP demanded and the price level


  • 5
  • Disposable income _______ when _______.

    decreases; aggregate income increases
    decreases; taxes decrease
    increases; transfer payments increase
    increases; transfer payments decrease


  • 6
  • An example of monetary policy is an increase in ______________ by the _____________, which ___________ aggregate demand.

    the quantity of money; government; increases
    taxes; government; increases
    the quantity of money; Federal Reserve; decreases
    the quantity of money; Federal Reserve; increases


  • 7
  • Short-run macroeconomic equilibrium occurs when the quantity of real GDP demanded _______________________.

    does not equal full-employment GDP
    equals full-employment GDP
    equals the quantity of real GDP supplied
    equals potential GDP


  • 8
  • When the economy is at a below full-employment equilibrium, ______________________.

    an inflationary gap exists
    real GDP exceeds potential GDP
    nominal GDP exceeds real GDP
    a recessionary gap exists


  • 9
  • At long-run macroeconomic equilibrium, _____________________.

    an inflationary gap exists
    all resources are employed
    real GDP equals potential GDP
    a recessionary gap exists


  • 10
  • If potential GDP is less than real GDP, then the economy is ______________ equilibrium.

    at a below full-employment
    not in short-run macroeconomic
    in long-run macroeconomic
    at an above full-employment


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