QUESTION: 1381

Congress proposes to stimulate the economy by cutting taxes for middle income families but raising taxes for wealthier tax payers. The effect will be the same net taxes collected, but most tax payers would pay less in taxes. According to which of the following economic theories would this stimulate the economy?

fiscal policy
II. supply-side
III. monetary policy
I, III
none of these answers is correct
III only
I, II, III
I only
II only

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

Since there was no net reduction in taxes, the tax plan would not create a fiscal stimulus. Marginal tax rates have effectively increased under this plan, implying a negative supply-side impact. Monetary policy involves changing the money supply, which is not applicable here.

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QUESTION: 1382

An increase in the nominal interest rate would

encourage people to hold larger money balances.
cause households to increase consumption.
encourage people to hold smaller money balances.
force the Fed to reduce the money supply.

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

The nominal interest rate represents the opportunity cost of holding money as cash-money held as cash earns no interest. Money held in some checking accounting or other interest bearing accounts earns a positive interest rate. Thus, money held as cash could be earning this interest rate. An increase in the nominal interest rate encourages people to hold less money as cash and to hold more money in interest bearing accounts since they can now earn a greater return by doing so.

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QUESTION: 1383

An increase in the long-run aggregate supply curve indicates that

unemployment has increased.
employment has increased.
natural unemployment has increased.
potential real GDP has increased.

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

Short run increases in aggregate supply do not shift the long run potential of the economy; only increases in the long run aggregate supply curve will effectively increase potential GDP. Short run aggregate supply may exceed the long run potential of the economy but only temporarily.

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QUESTION: 1384

Which of the following will most likely occur in the short run when the long-run equilibrium of an economy is disturbed by an unanticipated decrease in aggregate demand?

an increase in output and a lower price level
a decrease in output and a higher price level
an increase in output while prices remain unchanged
a decrease in output and a lower price level

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

In response to a decline in aggregate demand, resources may be inflexible; that is, they may not decline sufficiently to adjust to the reduction in aggregate demand. As a result, there will be a recession in which output declines and prices in other markets decline.

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