An increase in investment demand would be a consequence of a fall in:
a. The costs of acquiring new technology
b. Expected sales of new products
c. The rate of technological innovation
d. The expected rate of return on investment
a. The costs of acquiring new technology
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Suppose that there is no government and no international trade. When C + I is less than the level of real GDP
A) unplanned inventories increase, and real GDP contracts. B) unplanned inventories decrease, and real GDP expands. C) real planned investment spending equals real planned saving. D) unplanned inventories equal zero, and there is no change in the level of real GDP.
If the price level increases from 110.0 to 115.0, the quantity of
A) real GDP supplied will increase. B) real GDP supplied will decrease. C) potential GDP will decrease. D) real GDP demanded will increase. E) potential GDP will increase.
If one country's wage level is very high relative to the other's (the relative wage exceeding the relative productivity ratios) then it is probable that
A) free trade will not improve either both countries welfare. B) free trade will result in no trade taking place. C) free trade will result in each country exporting the good in which it enjoys comparative advantage. D) free trade will result in each country exporting the good in which it suffers the greatest comparative disadvantage. E) free trade will not affect the economic welfare of either country.
The speculative attack on the British pound in 1967 succeeded because
A) the pound was seriously undervalued relative to the dollar. B) Britain decided to drop out of the Bretton Woods system. C) British exports greatly exceeded British imports, causing a large inflow of gold. D) the Bank of England lacked the international reserves to defend the existing exchange rate indefinitely.