Fiscal and Monetary Policy Quiz
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What is the primary goal of fiscal policy?

  • Regulating interest rates
  • Managing external trade balances
  • Stabilizing the economy through government intervention (correct)
  • Controlling inflation
  • Which action is associated with monetary policy during a recession?

  • Implementing savings measures
  • Raising expenditure on public projects
  • Decreasing interest rates to stimulate investments (correct)
  • Increasing taxes to curb spending
  • Which of the following is NOT a component of the stabilization measures?

  • Stability and Growth Acts of 1967
  • Inflation control (correct)
  • Reserves for crisis times
  • High employment
  • What type of indicator is gross domestic product (GDP) considered in the context of the business cycle?

    <p>Current indicator</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following measures is included in the components of stabilization measures?

    <p>Price stability</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a primary reason businesses refrain from investing during a period of unemployment equilibrium?

    <p>Poor future expectations inhibit investment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do extremely low interest rates contribute to a liquidity trap?

    <p>They lead to money being hoarded rather than invested.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What aspect of the labor market is highlighted by wage rigidity during unemployment?

    <p>Wages do not decrease effectively, leading to stagnation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a direct consequence of low demand in an economy characterized by unemployment equilibrium?

    <p>Decline in production and employment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What best describes the overall state of an economy experiencing unemployment equilibrium?

    <p>Stagnation with high unemployment and low demand.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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