If the government were to increase taxes, it would be enacting:
A. contractionary fiscal policy.
B. expansionary fiscal policy.
C. contractionary monetary policy
D. expansionary budgetary policy.
A. contractionary fiscal policy.
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In the above figure, the economy is initially at point B. If the exchange rate falls, there is
A) a movement to point C. B) a movement to point A. C) a shift to AD2. D) a shift to AD1.
Which of the following is a reason why increases in the price level result in a decline in aggregate expenditure?
A) Price level increases in the United States relative to other countries raise net exports, which lowers aggregate expenditure. B) As the price level rises, government spending falls, which lowers aggregate expenditure. C) Price level increases cause firms and consumers to hold more money, which raises the interest rate. Higher interest rates lower consumption and planned investment expenditures, which lowers aggregate expenditure. D) Price level increases raise real wealth, which causes consumption spending and aggregate expenditure to decline.
In a monopoly, the Herfindahl Index is
a. 100. b. 10,000. c. 0. d. 10.
When studying the market for resources, it is important to understand that:
a. resources are wanted not for themselves, but for what they produce. b. demand for resources is generally inelastic in nature. c. derived demand does not apply to the resource market. d. resource markets do not conform to the laws of supply and demand as other markets do. e. supply is much more important than demand in determining the price of a resource.