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Suppose a wave of investor and consumer optimisms has increased spending so that the current level of input exceeds the long-run natural rate If policy makers choose to engage in activist stabilization policy they should ?
A. decrease government spending Which the shifts the aggregate demand curve to the left
B. decrease taxes, which shifts the aggregate demand curve to the right
C. decrease taxes, which shifts the aggregate demand curve to the left
D. decrease government spending which shifts the aggregate demand curve to the right
An increase in the marginal propensity to consumer (MPC) ?
A. raises the value of the multiplier
B. has no impact on the value of the multiplier?
C. rarely occurs because the MPC is set by congressional legislation
D. lowers the value of the multiplier
Suppose a wave of investor and consumer pessimism in the USA causes a reduction in spending If the US federal Reserve (Which has a broader remit than the Bank of England Which is charged only with controlling inflation) chooses to engage in activist stabilization policy it should ?
A. Increase government spending and decrease taxes
B. decrease the money supply
C. decrease government spending and increase taxes
D. decrease interest rates
When money demand is 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 interest rate ?
A. None of these answers
B. decrease the quantity demanded of money
C. increase the quantity demanded of money
D. decreases the demand for money
E. increases the demand for money
When an increase in government purchases raises incomes shifts money demand to the right raises the interest rate, and lowers investment we have seen a demonstration of ?
A. supply-side economics
B. None of these answers
C. The crowding-out effect
D. The multiplier effects
Which of the following statements regarding taxes is correct ?
A. Most economists believe that in the short run the greatest impact of a change in taxes is on aggregate supply, not aggregate demand
B. An increase in taxes shifts the aggregate demand curve to the right
C. A decrease in taxes shifts the aggregate supply curve to the left
D. A permanent change in taxes has a greater effect on aggregate demand than a temporary change in taxes.
If the marginal propensity of consume MPC is 0.75 the value of the multiplier is ?
A. 4
B. 7.5
C. 5
D. 0.75
The initial effect of an increase in the money supply is to ?
A. increase the interest rate
B. increase the price level
C. decrease the price level
D. decrease the interest rate
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