EU27L1


  • 1
  • Real GDP ________________.

    is determined after the interest rate
    is determined before the interest rate
    does not depend on the interest rate
    and the interest rate are determined simultaneously


  • 2
  • Crowding out is the tendency for expansionary fiscal policy to __________ the interest rate and __________ investment.

    decrease; increase
    increase; increase
    decrease; decrease
    increase; decrease


  • 3
  • Crowding in is the tendency for _______ to increase investment.

    expansionary fiscal policy
    contractionary fiscal policy
    expansionary monetary policy
    contractionary monetary policy


  • 4
  • International crowding out is the tendency for _____________________.

    expansionary fiscal policy to decrease net exports
    contractionary fiscal policy to decrease net exports
    expansionary fiscal policy to decrease imports
    expansionary monetary policy to decrease exports


  • 5
  • An increase in the UK money supply ____________ the UK interest rate and the British pound __________.

    lowers; depreciates
    raises; appreciates
    lowers; appreciates
    raises; depreciates


  • 6
  • A _______ is a macroeconomist who believes that government intervention is necessary to achieve economic stability.

    Keynesian
    civil servant
    monetarist
    bureaucrat


  • 7
  • A _______ is a macroeconomist whose view of how the economy functions is based theories most forcefully set out by Milton Friedman.

    central banker
    Keynesian
    government economist
    monetarist


  • 8
  • In the short run, _______ real GDP and the price level.

    expansionary fiscal policy but not expansionary monetary policy increases
    contractionary monetary policy but not contractionary fiscal policy increases
    contractionary fiscal and monetary policy increase
    expansionary fiscal and monetary policy increase


  • 9
  • When the government and the Bank of England work together to achieve common goals, _________________ occurs.

    policy augmentation
    over-stimulation of aggregate demand
    over-stimulation of aggregate supply
    policy coordination


  • 10
  • When the actions of the government make it difficult for the Bank of England to achieve its goals, _____________.

    tha British pound is unstable on foreign exchange markets
    fewer people are willing to hold UK pounds
    UK exports decrease
    policy conflict occurs