The effect of government spending or tax cuts on national income is measured by the:

A. multiplier.
B. output gap.
C. aggregator.
D. tax rate.


A. multiplier.

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According to the above figure for a gasoline market, what happens when the price per gallon of gasoline jumps from $1 to $4?

A) A gasoline surplus is replaced by a gas shortage. B) The market moves from a shortage of 40 million gallons/day to a surplus of 50 million gallons/day. C) The market shortage is replaced by market equilibrium. D) A surplus of 40 million gallons/day results.

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If the price of cereal increases by 10 percent and the amount of milk demanded decreases by 2 percent, then the cross-price elasticity of these goods is:

A. 5. B. 5. C. 0.2. D. 0.2

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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.

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A year-long drought that destroys most of the summer's crops would be considered a:

A. short-run supply shock. B. long-run demand shock. C. long-run supply shock. D. short-run demand shock.

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