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  • 1
  • The table gives the components of aggregate planned expenditure in the economy of Sher. Equilibrium expenditure occurs when real GDP equals _________.

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    $5 billion
    $3 billion
    $2 billion
    $2.5 billion


  • 2
  • The table gives the components of aggregate planned expenditure in the economy of Sher. Autonomous expenditure is ___________ and the slope of the aggregate expenditure curve is __________.

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    $2.4 billion; 0.3
    $0.9 billion; 0.7
    $3 billion; 0.7
    zero; 0.3


  • 3
  • The table gives the components of aggregate planned expenditure in the economy of Sher. If investment increases by $0.3 billion, equilibrium expenditure increases to _____________ and the multiplier is _______________.

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    $2 billion; -10/3
    $4 billion; 10/3
    $3.5 billion; 5/3
    $3 billion; 0


  • 4
  • The table gives the components of aggregate planned expenditure in the economy of Sher. The multiplier is __________, and for equilibrium expenditure to decrease by $1 billion, autonomous expenditure must decrease by ______________.

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    0.3; $0.3 billion
    1; $1 billion
    zero; $1 billion
    3.3; $0.3 billion


  • 5
  • The figure shows the economy of Tropical Isle. The price level is 100. When aggregate planned expenditure equals 25 billion seashells, aggregate planned expenditure is _______ than real GDP and there is an unplanned _______ in inventories and real GDP will ___________.

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    greater; increase; decrease
    less; decrease; increase
    greater; decrease; increase
    less; increases; decrease


  • 6
  • An increase in autonomous expenditure will _______ the aggregate expenditure curve and an increase in the marginal propensity to save will _______ the aggregate expenditure curve, all other things remaining the same.

    increase the slope of; shift
    shift; shift
    increase the slope of; decrease the slope of
    shift; decrease the slope of


  • 7
  • The _______ the marginal propensity to consume, the _______ is the slope of the aggregate expenditure curve and the _______ is the multiplier.

    smaller; greater; larger
    larger; greater; smaller
    larger; lower; larger
    larger; greater; larger


  • 8
  • The multiplier is 1.5. A decrease in investment of $5 billion will shift the aggregate demand curve __________ by _______________.

    leftward; less than $5 billion
    leftward; $7.5 billion
    rightward; less than $5 billion
    leftward; $5 billion


  • 9
  • The multiplier is 1.5. If investment decreases by $5 billion and the SAS curve slopes upward, then in the short run, equilibrium expenditure will decrease by __________________.


    $5 billion
    less than $7.5 billion
    more than $7.5 billion
    $7.5 billion


  • 10
  • An economy is at point a in the figure. Investment increases. The economy will move to point _______ in the short run and to point _______ in the long run.


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    d; a
    b; c
    d; c
    b; a


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