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QUESTION 1
According to the equation of exchange, if real GDP and money supply
stays the same,
a. inflation is always zero.
b. money velocity must stay the same.
c. the rate of inflation equals the rate of change in money
velocity.
d. None of the above.(Wrong)
QUESTION 2
Structural unemployment occurs because
a. workers give up looking for a job due to prolonged
unemployment.
b. employers are not hiring due to bad economic and financial
situations.(Wrong)
c. it takes time for people seeking jobs and employers seeking
workers to find each other.
d. structural shifts in the economy eliminate certain jobs from
declining sectors.
QUESTION 3
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
a. The SRPC shifts during a stagflation.
b. The LRPC shifts when there is a change in inflation
expectations.
c. The SRPC does not shift in the short run.
d. The LRPC shifts when there is a change in structural
unemployment.(Wrong)
QUESTION 4
A decrease in government spending
a.decreases the interest rate and so investment spending
increases.
b. increases the interest rate and so investment spending
increases.
c. increases the interest rate and so investment spending
decreases.
d. decreases the interest rate and so investment spending
decreases.(Wrong)
QUESTION 5
A decrease in expected inflation shifts
a. the long-run Phillips curve left.
b. both the short-run and long-run Phillips curve left.
c. neither the short-run nor long-run Phillips curve
left.(Wrong)
d. the short-run Phillips curve left.
(1) (c)
M x V = P x Y, so
% Change in M + % Change in V = % Change in P + % Change in Y
If Y and M remains unchanged, % Change in M = % Change in Y = 0, so
% Change in V = % Change in P
(2) (d)
Structural unemployment exists due to skill and technology mismatch between employers and workers.
(3) (b)
SRPC shifts when there is a change in inflation expectation.
(4) (a)
Lower government spending lowers the need for borrowing for deficit financing purposes, therefore interest rate falls. Lower interest rate increases investment.
(5) (d)
A decrease (increase) in expected inflation shifts only the SRPC curve toward left (right).
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