A) large, so that prices at potential GDP are below expectations and people can afford to buy enough goods to support the natural level of employment
B) large enough that prices at potential GDP are above expectations and firms can afford to hire workers
C) small, so that prices at potential GDP are below expectations and people can afford to buy enough goods to support the natural level of employment
D) small, so that prices at potential GDP are above expectations and firms can afford to hire the workers
E) exactly the size that makes prices equal to the prices people expected to prevail
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A) people don't want to wait for economic recovery
B) the longer unemployment lasts the more intense inflation becomes
C) by the time the impact of a policy is felt, a new problem may have come along that requires a different policy, which may make the economic situation even worse
D) if inflation is allowed to continue for too long, it becomes immune to policy interference
E) if unemployment is allowed to continue for too long, it becomes immune to policy interference
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Multiple Choice
A) unemployment benefit payments go up
B) prices go down
C) the Phillips curve shifts outward
D) the inflation rate goes up
E) there is no change in the rate of inflation
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A) the natural rate of unemployment in the long run
B) the natural rate of unemployment in the short run
C) potential output in the short run
D) zero inflation in the long run
E) a stable tradeoff between inflation and unemployment in the long run
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Multiple Choice
A) Unemployment is probably at the natural rate.
B) The unemployment rate must be rising.
C) The unemployment rate must be below the natural rate.
D) The unemployment rate is probably above the natural rate.
E) Aggregate output must be increasing.
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True/False
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A) predicting what would happen with a passive approach
B) lacking the tools needed to achieve the desired result quickly
C) not predicting the effects of an active policy on the economy's key performance measures
D) fiscal and monetary policy makers not working together
E) failing to implement the appropriate policy because of political obstacles
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True/False
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Multiple Choice
A) active policy should be strengthened
B) active policy will likely be destabilizing
C) the passive policy case is weakened
D) the aggregate demand curve shifts more rapidly than the short-run aggregate supply curve
E) active policy will work better than passive policy
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Multiple Choice
A) monetarism
B) Keynesianism
C) the use of fiscal policy
D) the use of monetary policy
E) a passive approach to policy
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Multiple Choice
A) we don't have enough information to pursue an active policy
B) the economy is not in bad enough shape to require active intervention
C) then the Federal Reserve Board would be superfluous and we could eliminate a large bureaucracy
D) people render active policy ineffective by figuring out what it's going to be and taking actions to offset it
E) they prefer to put their major emphasis on an active fiscal policy
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Multiple Choice
A) the economy is on the long-run Phillips curve
B) unemployment exceeds the natural rate
C) maintaining the existing unemployment rate will require increasing inflation in the long run
D) the actual rate will tend to fall toward the expected rate
E) unemployment will tend to decrease in the long run
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Multiple Choice
A) operates in an environment in which labor shortages drive up money wages, real wages, and prices
B) results in an excess supply of labor due to rising money wages and prices
C) will self-correct as rising money wages decrease faster than rising prices
D) will experience rising money wages and prices but falling real wages
E) will have excessive involuntary unemployment (e.g., cyclical unemployment)
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A) recognition lag
B) implementation lag
C) effectiveness lag
D) decision-making lag
E) self-correction lag
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Multiple Choice
A) The SRAS curve will shift to the left.
B) The SRAS curve will shift to the right.
C) Either the money supply or government spending should be increased.
D) Either the money supply or government spending should be decreased.
E) Aggregate demand should be decreased.
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Multiple Choice
A) point A
B) point B
C) point C
D) either point B or C
E) cannot tell from the information provided
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Multiple Choice
A) The recession was triggered by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait
B) Because of large federal deficits, policy makers were reluctant to adopt discretionary fiscal policy to revive the economy
C) President George H. W. Bush advocated a passive approach
D) Presidential candidate Bill Clinton advocated an active approach
E) All of the answers are correct
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A) move toward point a
B) move toward point b
C) stay at point c
D) move toward point d
E) move toward point f
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Multiple Choice
A) activity lag
B) decision-making lag
C) effectiveness lag
D) implementation lag
E) recognition lag
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Multiple Choice
A) government policy makers can influence the tradeoff between inflation and unemployment in the long run but not in the short run
B) government policy makers can target both stable interest rates and a stable money supply in the long run but not in the short run
C) government policy makers can target both stable interest rates and a stable money supply in the short run but not in the long run
D) the economy tends toward the natural rate of unemployment only when the government provides the appropriate demand stimulus
E) government policy makers can influence the tradeoff between inflation and unemployment in the short run but not in the long run
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