A) The marginal propensity to save is 0.2.
B) Savings are not the only source of leakage.
C) The spending multiplier is 5.
D) The spending multiplier is more than 5.
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A) money supply
B) income taxes
C) discretionary government spending
D) exports to foreign countries
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A) The money supply increases.
B) The income tax rate increases.
C) Input prices increase.
D) Business taxes increase.
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A) large amounts of unused labor and other inputs can be obtained at no additional cost.
B) nominal wages are sticky, so firms can supply additional output at higher price.
C) input and output prices change at the same rate, so there is no incentive to produce extra output.
D) a higher price leads to lower demand, so there is no incentive to produce extra output.
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A) Nominal wages increase as a result of a decreased labor supply.
B) The productivity of workers increases as a result of technological improvements.
C) A new government policy increases business taxes.
D) The price of oil, which is a major input into most production activities, increases.
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A) the unemployment rate in the economy is zero.
B) frictional unemployment is less than its natural rate.
C) frictional unemployment is greater than its natural rate.
D) structural unemployment is greater than frictional unemployment.
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A) 0.8; 0.2.
B) 5; 0.8.
C) 0.2; 0.8.
D) 0.8; 5.
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A) the unemployment rate in the economy is zero.
B) frictional unemployment is less than its natural rate.
C) frictional unemployment is greater than its natural rate.
D) structural unemployment is greater than frictional unemployment.
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A) an increase in output.
B) a decrease in output.
C) no change in price.
D) a decrease in price.
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A) rightward shift of the aggregate demand curve.
B) leftward shift of the aggregate demand curve.
C) movement along the aggregate demand curve.
D) leftward shift of the short-run aggregate supply curve.
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A) higher; higher
B) higher; lower
C) lower; higher
D) lower; lower
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A) horizontal.
B) upward sloping.
C) downward sloping.
D) vertical.
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A) purchased by the government.
B) purchased by firms.
C) exported to other countries.
D) imported from other countries.
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A) 0.5.
B) 0.6.
C) 0.7.
D) 0.8.
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A) rightward shift in the aggregate demand curve.
B) rightward shift in the upward-sloping range of the short-run aggregate supply curve.
C) downward shift in the Keynesian range of the short-run aggregate supply curve.
D) rightward shift in the long-run aggregate supply curve.
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A) The money supply increases.
B) Discretionary government spending increases.
C) The labor force increases.
D) Consumer expectations about future income increase.
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A) fall; fall.
B) rise; fall.
C) fall; rise.
D) rise; rise.
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A) The labor force increases.
B) The money supply increases.
C) The educational attainment of the population improves.
D) Technology improves.
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A) The supply of money in the economy increases.
B) Discretionary government spending increases.
C) The price of oil decreases as a result of conflict or war.
D) The federal income tax decreases.
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A) upward sloping in the classical range.
B) downward sloping in the Keynesian range.
C) vertical in the Keynesian range.
D) vertical in the classical range.
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