To achieve long-run equilibrium in an economy with a recessionary gap, without the use of stabilization policy, the inflation rate must:
A. not change.
B. increase.
C. decrease.
D. either increase or decrease depending on the relative shifts of AD and AS.
Answer: C
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A) 110. B) 3. C) 145. D) 160. E) 100.
Consider the case of complementary goods. An increase in the demand for peanut butter can be caused by a(n)
a. decrease in consumer income b. increase in the price of jams, jellies, and preserves c. decrease in the price of bread d. drought in Georgia that destroyed 30 percent of the peanut crop e. decrease in the price of bologna
Using Figure 1 above, if the aggregate demand curve shifts from AD2 to AD1 the result in the long run would be:
A. P4 and Y1. B. P4 and Y2. C. P5 and Y1. D. P5 and Y2.
Refer to the data for a nondiscriminating monopolist. At its profit-maximizing output, this firm's total costs will be:
A. $300.
B. $248.
C. $198.
D. $126.