A year-long drought that destroys most wheat crops for the season would shift the:
A. short-run aggregate supply curve only.
B. aggregate demand curve only.
C. aggregate demand curve, and the short-run aggregate supply curve would shift in response.
D. short-run aggregate supply curve and the long-run aggregate supply curve.
Answer: A
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The table gives information about the economy of Japan. The economic growth rate in 1997 is ________ percent
A) 8.0 B) 0.8 C) 0.08 D) 0.008 E) 4
An increase in the value of a domestic currency in terms of other currencies is known as
A) an appreciation. B) a depreciation. C) a flexible exchange rate. D) a term not given in the above answers.
When the unemployment rate is low, the impact of additional spending on real output will
a. be larger than when the unemployment rate is high. b. be smaller than when the unemployment rate is high. c. be the same as when the unemployment rate is high. d. place downward pressure on the general level of prices, leading to deflation.
The fact that output gaps will not last indefinitely, but will be closed by rising or falling inflation is the economy's:
A. income-expenditure multiplier. B. self-correcting property. C. short-run equilibrium property. D. long-run equilibrium property.