If a nation borrows $250,000 each year for five consecutive years, the absolute value of the government deficit is _____
a. $500,000
b. $750,000
c. $250,000
d. $1,250,000
c
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Which of the following is not an example of an economic policy that affects the level of unemployment?
A. Minimum wage law. B. Efficiency wages. C. At-will employment policies. D. Title IX.
An increase in the government's budget surplus means
a. public saving is greater than $0 and increasing. b. public saving is greater than $0 and decreasing. c. public saving is less than $0 and increasing. d. public saving is less than $0 and decreasing.
Using Figure 1 above, if the aggregate demand curve shifts from AD3 to AD2 the result in the short run would be:
A. P3 and Y1. B. P2 and Y1. C. P2 and Y3. D. P1 and Y2.
In order to determine if the quantity of goods and services that an hour's work can buy has increased or decreased between 2000 and 2012, one should compare the
A) 2000 nominal wage with the 2012 nominal wage. B) 2000 real wage with the 2012 nominal wage. C) 2000 real wage with the 2012 real wage. D) 2000 nominal wage with the 2012 real wage. E) 2000 nominal wage with the 2012 nominal wage and the 2000 real wage with the 2012 real wage because both are important factors determining if workers can buy more or fewer goods with an hour's work.