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
Answer: C
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Consider a world of two countries facing opportunity costs and producing only wheat and cloth. In one hour, residents of Country A can produce a maximum of either 1 unit of wheat or 0.5 unit of cloth,
whereas residents of Country B can produce a maximum of either 0.3 unit of wheat or 0.4 unit of cloth. Country B should export A) wheat and cloth; country A should not export anything. B) wheat and country A should export cloth. C) nothing and country A should export both wheat and cloth. D) cloth and country A should export wheat.
Lags in the approval and implementation of fiscal policy: a. weaken fiscal policy as a tool of economic stabilization
b. increase the effectiveness of fiscal policy as a tool of economic stabilization. c. help legislators better assess what policies are most appropriate to adopt. d. make fiscal policy more responsive to the current economic environment. e. cause fiscal policy to be more effective at changing the level of real GDP than changing the price level only in the long run.
A tax is structured so that the tax as a percentage of income declines as the level of income increases is called a(n):
a. flat tax. b. regressive tax. c. progressive tax. d. excise tax.
The amount of goods and services the economy could produce if the labor force is fully employed is called
a. nominal GDP. b. real GDP. c. actual GDP. d. potential GDP.