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Question
If young business professionals in America suddenly decide that driving German-made cars is an important status symbol, net exports will tend to ________ causing aggregate demand to ________, everything else held constant.
A) fall; fall
B) fall; rise
C) rise; fall
D) rise; rise
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A) accumulation; rise
B) depletion; fall
C) depletion; rise
D) accumulation; fall
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A) cut; keep from accumulating
B) expand; keep from accumulating
C) cut; build up
D) expand; build up
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In the Keynesian framework, as long as output is above the equilibrium level, unplanned inventory investment will remain ________ and firms will continue to ________ production.
A) negative; lower
B) negative; raise
C) positive; lower
D) positive; raise
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In the Keynesian framework, as long as output is ________ the equilibrium level, unplanned inventory investment will remain ________ and firms will continue to raise production.
A) below; negative
B) above; negative
C) below; positive
D) above; positive
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Keynes mentioned two factors that influenced planned investment spending:
A) interest rates and disposable income.
B) interest rates and business expectations about the future.
C) disposable income and business expectations about the future.
D) interest rates and business expectations about inflation.
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Everything else held constant, if total consumption increases from $600 to $800 because of an increase of disposable income of $400, then the mpc is equal to
A) 0.2.
B) 0.4.
C) 0.5.
D) 0.6.
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A) $0.
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A) consumers on personal computers.
B) businesses on personal computers.
C) governments on personal computers.
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A) the hyperinflations of the 1920s.
B) why the Great Depression occurred.
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Which of the following does not shift the IS curve?
A) An increase in autonomous consumption.
B) An increase in government spending.
C) A decline in government spending.
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An autonomous depreciation of the U.S. dollar makes American goods ________ relative to foreign goods and results in a ________ in U.S. net exports, everything else held constant.
A) cheaper; decline
B) cheaper; rise
C) more expensive; decline
D) more expensive; rise
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An increase in government spending causes the equilibrium level of aggregate output to ________ at any given interest rate and shifts the ________ curve to the ________, everything else held constant.
A) rise; LM; right
B) rise; IS; right
C) fall; IS; left
D) fall; LM; left
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In the Keynesian cross diagram, a decrease in investment spending because companies become more pessimistic about investment profitability causes the aggregate demand function to shift ________, the equilibrium level of aggregate output to fall, and the IS curve to shift to the ________, everything else held constant.
A) up; left
B) up; right
C) down; left
D) down; right
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A rise in autonomous planned investment spending causes the equilibrium level of aggregate output to ________ and shifts the ________ curve to the ________, everything else held constant.
A) rise; LM; right
B) rise; IS; right
C) fall; IS; left
D) fall; LM; left
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A) right; fall
B) right; rise
C) left; fall
D) left; rise
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Everything else held constant, if aggregate output is to the ________ of the IS curve, then there is an excess supply of goods which will cause aggregate output to ________.
A) right; fall
B) right; rise
C) left; fall
D) left; rise
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When the interest rate rises,
A) planned investment falls.
B) planned investment rises.
C) planned investment will be unaffected.
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A) poorly; erratically
B) poorly; closely
C) well; erratically
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B) overpredict; velocity
C) underpredict; money
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A) severely underpredict the demand for money.
B) severely overpredict the demand for money.
C) predict more precisely the demand for money.
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B) the risk that thrift regulators took in publicizing the plight of the S&L industry in the early 1980s.
C) the strategy adopted by thrift regulators of lowering capital requirements and pursuing regulatory forbearance in the 1980s in the hope that conditions in the S&L industry would improve.
D) the risk that regulators took in going to Congress to ask for additional funds.
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In the early stages of the 1980s banking crisis, financial institutions were especially harmed by
A) declining interest rates from late 1979 until 1981.
B) the severe recession in 1981-82.
C) the disinflation from mid 1980 to early 1983.
D) the increase in energy prices in the early 80s.
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A) choke off financial innovation.
B) increase the efficiency of the financial system.
C) increase economic growth.
D) increase international financial integration.
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B) stricter liquidity requirements.
C) providing a plan for orderly liquidation if necessary.
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Banking crises have occurred throughout the world. What similarities do we find when we look at the different countries?
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All of the following are common to banking crises in different countries except
A) financial liberalization or innovation.
B) weak bank regulatory systems.
C) a government safety net.
D) a dual banking system.
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A) commercial real estate loans.
B) home mortgages.
C) education loans.
D) vacation loans.
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During times of financial crisis, mark-to-market accounting
A) requires that a financial firms' assets be marked down in value which can worsen the lending crisis.
B) leads to an increase in the financial firms' balance sheets since they can now get assets at bargain prices.
C) leads to an increase in financial firms' lending.
D) results in financial firms' assets increasing in value.
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A) screening; restrictive covenants
B) screening; branching restrictions
C) identifying; branching restrictions
D) identifying; credit rationing