Refer to Figure 12.3. Suppose the economy is initially at full employment with real GDP equal to potential GDP, and the Fed does not target interest rates, allowing the real interest rate to change like it did during the Great Depression. This would be reflected as a movement from ________ in the IS-MP model and ________ the Phillips curve.
A) point Y to point X; a movement up
B) point X to point Y; a movement down
C) point Z to point Y; a movement up
D) point Y to point Z; a movement down
B
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A) lower the real wage rate, the smaller the quantity of labor supplied. B) higher the real wage rate, the greater the quantity of labor demanded. C) lower the real wage rate, the greater the quantity of labor supplied. D) lower the real wage rate, the smaller the quantity of labor demanded. E) lower the real wage rate, the larger the labor force participation.
John Smith leaves his job in New York to go to California in hopes of finding a better one. If John Smith is unemployed while searching for a job in California, economists would consider him to be
A) frictionally unemployed. B) structurally unemployed. C) cyclically unemployed. D) naturally unemployed.
Which of the following statements is true with respect to a tariff on imported cheese?
a. It lowers the price of cheese. b. It lowers domestic cheese producers' profits. c. It creates tax revenues for the government. d. It cannot result in retaliation. e. It increases the amount of foreign cheese sold.
Keynes believed that investment is
A) dependent on a number of factors, including business expectations. B) mainly determined by changes in interest rates. C) unrelated to business expectations. D) related to business expectations only during recessionary periods.