Costs of unemployment include
A) structural unemployment.
B) the output lost due to the fact that the economy is not running at full employment.
C) reduction in the labor force.
D) higher wages.
B
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GDP can be calculated by summing ________.
A. consumption, investment, government purchases, and net exports B. consumption, investment, government purchases, exports, and imports C. consumption, investment, wages, and rents D. consumption, investment, government purchases, and imports
Credit rationing and the financial accelerator are responsible, in part, for
A) the significant volatility of gross private investment. B) the significant volatility of real personal consumption. C) smoothing gross private investment during severe recessions. D) smoothing real personal consumption during expansions.
Suppose an economy had an inflation rate of 7 percent last year. This has decreased to 6 percent this year. This means that the economy is: a. suffering from hyperinflation. b. experiencing deflation. c. experiencing disinflation
d. experiencing a wage-price spiral. e. experiencing a decrease in real wage.
Suppose that a monopoly is earning economic profits in the short run. As a result,
a. no new firms will enter the industry because of barriers to entry b. the monopolist will increase its price and lower its output c. the market supply curve will shift to the right d. profits will fall as new firms enter the market e. the market demand curve will shift to the left