Category: Macroeconomic Policy Tools

Which of the following best describes how an increase in the money supply shift the aggregate demand curve ?

A. The money supply shifts right prices fall spending increases and the aggregate demand curve shifts right
B. The money supply shifts right the interest rate rises investment decreases and the aggregate demand curve shifts left
C. The money supply shifts right the interest rate falls, investment increases, and the aggregate demand curve shifts right
D. The money supply shifts right, prices rise, demand curve shifts left

Which of the following statements about stabilization policy is not true ?

A. Many economists prefer automatic stabilizers because they affect the economy with a shorter lag than activist stabilization policy
B. None of these answers are true
C. Long lags enhance the ability of policy makers to fine tune the economy
D. When policy makers implement activist stabilization policies there is a significant risk that their policies may actually have a destabilizing effect

When supply and demand for money are expressed in a graph with the interest rate on the vertical axis and the quantity of money on the horizontal axis an increase in the price level ?

A. shifts money demand to the right and increases the interest rate
B. None of these answers
C. shifts money demand to the right and decreases the interest rate
D. shifts money demand to the left and increases the interest rate
E. shifts money demand to the left and decrease the interest rate