When there is an expansionary gap, inflation will ________, in response to which the Federal Reserve will ________ real interest rates, and output will ________.
A. decline; lower; expand
B. increase; raise; decline
C. decline; lower; decline
D. decline; raise; decline
Answer: B
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When the labor market is in equilibrium,
A) there is full employment, which means that real GDP equals potential GDP. B) there is full employment but real GDP might be greater than, less than, or equal to potential GDP. C) the real wage rate rises to allow real GDP to equal potential GDP. D) there is excess labor supplied, which keeps real GDP less than potential GDP. E) the real wage rate falls to equal the nominal wage rate because real GDP is greater than potential GDP.
When the Fisher Effect holds, a one-percentage-point increase in the long-run money growth rate, because it ________ expected inflation, causes ________ in the nominal interest rate in the long run
A) equally lowers, a one-percentage-point decrease B) does not change, a one-percentage point decrease C) does not change, no change D) equally raises, no change E) equally raises, a one-percentage-point increase
If Healthy Bars sells its snack bars in the United States for $3 a bar and for $2 (dollar equivalent) in Mexico, this is an example of ________.
A) two-part pricing B) third-degree price discrimination C) peak-load pricing D) second-degree price discrimination
When the economy is experiencing high inflation and high unemployment at the same time, then it is experiencing:
a. stagnation. b. deflation. c. reflation. d. stagflation. e. innation.