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What does GDP measure?
What is a distinguishing feature of a planned economic system?
Which statement accurately describes nationalization?
What is one way the government can stimulate a free-market economy?
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Which option best defines a free-market economic system?
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What is the primary objective of deregulation?
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Capitalism is primarily associated with which of the following characteristics?
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What role does regulation play in a free-market system?
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What does the term 'economy' refer to?
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Which of the following best defines microeconomics?
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Which of the following are considered factors of production?
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What is defined as 'capital' in the context of production?
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Which factor of production is described as the combination of innovation, initiative, and risk-taking?
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How are 'natural resources' classified within the factors of production?
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What is the primary focus of macroeconomics?
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Which of the following best describes human resources?
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What is the definition of scarcity in economic terms?
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What does opportunity cost represent?
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Which of the following is a leading economic indicator?
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How do housing starts impact the economy?
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What does the Consumer Price Index (CPI) measure?
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What do price indexes indicate about the economy?
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Why is the unemployment rate considered a lagging indicator?
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What does a rising Gross Domestic Product (GDP) suggest?
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What is considered retail money?
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What does M1 represent in the money supply?
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Which of the following is a characteristic of M2 compared to M1?
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What is one of the primary responsibilities of a central bank?
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What is a policy rate in the context of central banking?
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Since when has the exchange rate been floating?
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Which component is NOT included in M2?
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What role does the central bank have in printing money?
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What are excise taxes primarily used for?
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What does the demand curve represent?
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Which statement accurately describes the equilibrium price?
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In terms of supply, what does the supply curve illustrate?
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Which tax is specifically aimed at funding Social Security and unemployment compensation?
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Which reason best explains why the equilibrium price can change?
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What does the supply curve indicate about sellers’ responsiveness to price changes?
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Which tax is often referred to as a 'sin' tax?
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Study Notes
Economic Output
- Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Value of final goods and services produced within a nation's borders, excluding overseas operations of domestic companies.
- Gross National Product (GNP): Value of goods and services produced by all citizens of a country, regardless of location.
Economic Systems
- Economic System: Policies defining a society's economic structure, including resource allocation rules.
- Planned System (Command System): Government controls most factors of production and regulates allocation.
- Free-Market System: Market buyers & sellers determine production and quantity, driven by capitalism: Economic freedoms and competition.
Government Intervention
- Nationalization: Government takeover of companies or industries.
- Privatization: Transferring services once performed by government to private businesses.
- Regulation: Using laws and policies to govern economic activity.
- Deregulation: Removing regulations to allow market self-correction.
Government Roles in a Free-Market System
- Protecting stakeholders
- Fostering competition
- Encouraging innovation and economic development
- Stabilizing and stimulating the economy
Key Economic Terms
- Economy: Total economic activity in a region.
- Economics: Study of scarce resource usage for production and distribution of goods and services.
- Microeconomics: Study of consumer, business, and industry impacts on supply and demand at different prices.
- Macroeconomics: Study of "big picture" economic issues, including firm competition, government policy effects, and resource allocation.
Factors of Production
- Natural Resources: Usable assets in their natural state (land, forests, minerals, water).
- Human Resources: People working for an organization.
- Capital: Funds financing business operations & physical assets used for production (factories, computers).
- Entrepreneurship: Combining innovation, initiative, and risk-taking to create new businesses.
Scarcity & Opportunity Cost
- Scarcity: Finite supply of any productive resource.
- Opportunity Cost: Value of the best alternative not chosen.
Economic Indicators
- Leading Indicators: Suggest future economic trends.
- Lagging Indicators: Reflect past economic performance.
Key Economic Indicators
- Housing Starts: Reflect demand for related goods and services (higher starts = stronger economy).
- Durable Goods Orders: Reflect consumer and business confidence (declining orders = pessimism).
- Price Indexes (CPI & PPI): Measure price trends to indicate economic heating or cooling.
- Unemployment Rate: Lagging indicator confirming economic direction (higher unemployment = weaker economy).
- Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Total economic output, indicating overall business health (rising GDP = stronger economy).
Demand and Supply
- Demand: Buyers' willingness and ability to purchase products at various prices.
- Demand Curve: Shows quantities purchased at different prices.
- Supply: Quantity sellers are willing and able to provide at various prices.
- Supply Curve: Shows quantities offered for sale regardless of demand at different prices.
- Equilibrium Price: Point where quantity supplied equals quantity demanded. Both curves are dynamic, making the equilibrium point also dynamic.
- Categories of Competition: Pure Competition, Monopolistic Competition, Oligopoly, Monopoly.
The Money Supply
- Money Supply: Amount of money in circulation.
- M1: Cash held by the public and money deposited in checking accounts.
- M2: M1 + savings accounts, retail money market mutual funds, and small-time deposits.
Central Bank
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Responsibilities:
- Price stability
- Financial stability
- Exchange rate regime
- Printing and issuing of notes
- Payment systems
- Policy Rate: Rate at which the central bank loans to banks for liquidity and borrows to reduce liquidity.
- Exchange Rates: Floating exchange rate since 2001, meaning rates fluctuate based on market forces.
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Test your knowledge of key economic concepts such as GDP, GNP, and various economic systems. This quiz also explores the roles of government intervention in the economy, including nationalization and privatization. Challenge yourself and deepen your understanding of how economic systems function.