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Economics Chapter 1: The Economic Problem and Macroeconomics

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What is the main focus of macroeconomics?

Examining the interaction of households and firms in specific markets

Determining a nation's long-run economic growth (correct)

Analyzing how people decide on the quantities of products they will consume

Studying how households and firms make decisions

What does microeconomics study?

The causes of a nation's economic activity fluctuation

How prices are set within markets (correct)

How to improve a nation's economic performance through government policies

The allocation of scarce resources to satisfy unlimited human wants

What are some of the issues that macroeconomists address?

How businesses decide on the quantities of a particular product they will produce

How people decide on the quantities of a particular product they will consume

What causes prices to rise (correct)

How to improve a nation's economic performance through government policies

What is the study of the large aggregates of the economy or the economy as a whole called?

Macroeconomics Signup and view all the answers

Which area of study in economics deals with the interaction of households and firms in specific markets?

Microeconomics Signup and view all the answers

What does microeconomics focus on in terms of decision-making?

Quantities of a particular product people will consume Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following are topics related to macroeconomics?

Inflation rates Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following are topics related to microeconomics?

Wage levels in agriculture Signup and view all the answers

What is the basic reason for goods being scarce?

High demand and low supply Signup and view all the answers

What does scarcity force individuals and societies to do?

Choose among available alternatives Signup and view all the answers

What does every society need to do in relation to scarce resources?

Ration the scarce resources among competing uses Signup and view all the answers

What is opportunity cost?

The highest-valued activity sacrificed in making a choice Signup and view all the answers

What does the production possibilities curve show?

Combinations of goods that can be produced when resources are fully and efficiently employed Signup and view all the answers

What does the production possibilities curve represent?

A snapshot of an economy's available resources at a particular time Signup and view all the answers

What does scarcity force individuals to do in relation to alternative uses of resources?

Sacrifice some alternative uses to prioritize others Signup and view all the answers

What does opportunity cost measure?

The benefit given up by choosing one alternative over another Signup and view all the answers