Imagine that the U.S. economy is in equilibrium at full employment without inflation where national income is at $6,700 billion. The MPC = 0.8 . If massive flooding along the Mississippi River leads Congress to approve a spending package of $10 billion to aid flood victims, the government must also take which of the following actions to keep the economy in equilibrium at full employment without
inflation?
a. increase taxes by $10 billion
b. decrease taxes by $10 billion
c. increase taxes by more than $10 billion
d. decrease taxes by more than $10 billion
e. increase taxes by less than $10 billion
C
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The figure above shows the market for umbrellas in Sunville. When the market for umbrellas in Sunville is in equilibrium, what is the total deadweight loss?
A) $2,000 B) $800 C) $0 D) 600 umbrellas
The typical average cost curve
A. continually declines as output increases. B. is horizontal. C. continually increases as output increases. D. first declines to a minimum and then increases as output increases.
Which of the following statements about monetary policy is correct?
a. Whatever happens with aggregate supply and aggregate demand in the long run, monetary policy can be used to prevent inflation from becoming entrenched in the economy in the short and medium term. b. Whatever happens with aggregate supply and aggregate demand in the short run, monetary policy can be used to prevent inflation from becoming entrenched in the economy in the medium and long term. c. Whatever happens with aggregate supply and aggregate demand in the short and medium run, monetary policy can be used to prevent inflation from becoming entrenched in the economy in the long term. d. Whatever happens with aggregate supply and aggregate demand in the medium and long run, monetary policy can be used to prevent inflation from becoming entrenched in the economy in the short term.
The interest rate effect is one of the
A) reasons why an AD curve is downward-sloping. B) shifters of an AD curve. C) reasons why a short-run aggregate supply curve can be derived. D) shifters of a short-run aggregate supply curve.