Martin Shore lost his job when General Motors closed down its local plant. He has been visiting the personnel offices of the other factories in the area, looking for a new job. He is:
a. a member of the civilian labor force who is employed.
b. a member of the civilian labor force who is unemployed.
c. a member of the civilian labor force who is underemployed.
d. a discouraged worker who is not a member of the labor force.
e. not a member of the labor force.
b
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When the macroeconomic equilibrium is such that real GDP exceeds potential real GDP, the economy is suffering from ________, and the government policy to eliminate this gap will ________ real GDP and ________ the price level
A) an inflationary gap; increase; increase B) a recessionary gap; decrease; decrease C) an inflationary gap; increase; decrease D) a recessionary gap; increase; decrease E) an inflationary gap; decrease; decrease
Maryanne expects to work for another 30 years and expects to live another 10 years after she retires. If Maryanne completely smooths consumption over her lifetime, her marginal propensity to consume out of wealth is
A) 0.025. B) 0.033. C) 0.075. D) 0.10.
The U.S. economic data for the last 50 years indicates that
A) there is an inverse relationship between unemployment rate and inflation rate. B) there is a direct relationship between unemployment rate and inflation rate. C) during recessions the unemployment rate was always twice as high as the inflation rate. D) there has been no long-run relationship between unemployment and inflation rates.
The indifference curves for left gloves and right gloves are straight lines
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false