Has M2 always been a useful tool for forecasting inflation? Explain.
What will be an ideal response?
From 1960 to 1980 it seemed that growth of M2 was a good tool to forecast inflation, with a two-year lag; in fact the correlation was over 0.5. For the years 1990 to 2016 this does not seem to be the case, in fact the correlation was 0. There is no clear explanation for why the growth of M2 has ceased being a good forecast tool for inflation, but there are some ideas economists are researching.
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Explain how our standard of living depends upon our level of real GDP per person, but there might not be a one-to-one relationship between the standard of living and real GDP per person. Give examples of things that can affect one, but not the other
What will be an ideal response?
Suppose when the price of shoe laces goes from $1 to $2 per pair, production increases from 95 million pairs to 105 million pairs per year. Using the mid-point method, the price elasticity of supply is:
A. 6.28 B. 66 percent C. 10.5 percent D. 0.15
If the number of consumers in a market increases, the market demand curve will
a. decrease, which is a shift to the left of the demand curve. b. increase, which is a shift to the right of the demand curve. c. not shift, but rather this will just cause a movement along the demand curve. d. do none of the above.
In economics, all the items that people would consume if they had unlimited income are known as
A. wants. B. needs. C. aggregates. D. outputs.