If rational workers and firms know that the Federal Reserve is following a contractionary monetary policy, they will expect inflation to ________ and will adjust wages so that the real wage ________
A) increase; decreases B) decrease; increases
C) increase; remains unchanged D) decrease; remains unchanged
D
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After World War II (1941–45), the U.S. public debt
(a) remained unchanged in 1947 even though the government ran a budget surplus (government expenditures fell below revenues in 1947). (b) continued to rise even though the government ran a budget surplus at times. (c) decreased even though the government ran a budget surplus continuously. (d) remained high while the government continuously ran deficits.
If a good has become more scarce, then we know for sure that
a. the demand for it increased. b. the supply of it decreased. c. either the demand for it increased or the supply of it decreased. d. both the supply of it and the demand for it decreased.
If it is said that a currency is overvalued against the dollar, it is meant that:
A) the dollar is worth more of that currency than it would have been under a fixed exchange rate regime. B) the dollar is worth less of that currency than it would have been under a fixed exchange rate regime. C) the dollar is worth less of that currency than it would have been under a flexible exchange rate regime. D) the dollar is worth less of that currency than it would have been under a managed exchange rate regime.
Management of expectations by a central bank is based on the view that ________
A) decreasing the federal funds rate will lead to a reduction in the discount rate B) if economic agents believe that the price of an individual asset will rise in the future, they will buy that asset today, contributing to its eventual price increase C) if households expect an increase in prices in the future, they will engage in spending today D) households will increase their spending today if they believe that the monetary authorities are committed to maintaining low interest rates