To achieve long-run equilibrium in an economy with a recessionary gap, without the use of stabilization policy, the inflation rate must:
A. not change.
B. increase.
C. decrease.
D. either increase or decrease depending on the relative shifts of AD and AS.
Answer: C
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Which of the following statements is true?
A) If the opportunity cost of current consumption is high, people will save less. B) If the opportunity cost of current consumption is high, the inflation rate will increase. C) If the opportunity cost of current consumption is high, the unemployment rate will decrease. D) If the opportunity cost of current consumption is high, people will save more.
A fall in the price of a firm's output
A) decreases the firm's demand for labor. B) increases the firm's demand for labor. C) decreases the firm's supply of labor. D) increases the firm's supply of labor.
Which of the following undermines a firm's ability to engage in price discrimination?
A) the seller's ability to segment the total market B) the inability to prevent resale of the product from one market segment to another C) the seller's market power D) buyers having different elasticities of demand for the product
Suppose we observe the price level increasing and real GDP decreasing. An explanation for this is that
A) the dollar weakened and the effect on aggregate supply was less than the effect on aggregate demand. B) the dollar weakened and the effect on aggregate supply was greater than the effect on aggregate demand. C) the dollar strengthened and the effect on aggregate supply was less than the effect on aggregate demand. D) the dollar strengthened and the effect on aggregate supply was greater than the effect on aggregate demand.