The self-correcting property of the economy means that output gaps are eventually eliminated by:
A. increasing or decreasing potential output.
B. government policy.
C. decreasing inflation only.
D. increasing or decreasing inflation.
Answer: D
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When there is a recessionary gap, inflation will ________, in response to which the Federal Reserve will ________ real interest rates, and output will ________.
A. decline; lower; decline B. increase; raise; decline C. decline; lower; expand D. decline; raise; decline
________ choose the quantities of factors of production to hire, and ________ choose the quantities of goods and services to produce
A) Entrepreneurs; firms B) Firms; firms C) Markets; markets D) Factor markets; goods markets E) Firms; households
Goods with small substitution effects tend to be normal goods.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The type of economic indicator that can best be used for business forecasting is the:
a. leading indicator b. coincident indicator c. lagging indicator d. current business inventory indicator e. optimism/pessimism indicator