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What is the relationship between price and quantity in a demand curve?
Which of the following is a demand shifter in microeconomics?
What does a sloping supply curve indicate about the relationship between price and quantity?
Which of the following is a supply shifter in microeconomics?
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What does market equilibrium refer to?
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What is the limitation of supply and demand analysis mentioned in the text?
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What happens to the demand curve when consumer expectations change favorably for a product?
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In the context of supply and demand, what does a decrease in population likely lead to?
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What is the formula for budget balance?
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What does a positive budget balance indicate?
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What does the formula $rac{ ext{debt}}{ ext{GDP}}$ measure?
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What is the primary purpose of expansionary fiscal policy?
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What is the main risk of borrowing in a foreign currency for a country?
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In the context of fiscal policy, what does 'monetizing' the deficit refer to?
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What is the potential consequence of a country's inability to pay its public debt?
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What is the main strength of fiscal policy?
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What is the primary responsibility of central banks in relation to monetary policy?
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What does a negative GDP GAP indicate?
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What is the formula for GDP GAP?
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What is the primary challenge for businesses and governments in relation to business cycles?
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What happens when there is an increase in demand in a competitive market equilibrium?
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What is the result of a price ceiling set below the equilibrium price?
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What is the impact of a price floor above the equilibrium price?
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What is the purpose of an excise tax on a specific good?
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What is a characteristic of a market with perfect competition?
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What is a factor facilitating collusion in an oligopoly?
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What is the result of increasing returns to scale in a market?
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What is the measurement of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
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What does the 'C' component represent in the GDP equation C + I + G + NX?
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What is the value of all goods and services bought by households known as in GDP?
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What is the characteristic of durable goods in the context of GDP?
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What does the 'I' component represent in the GDP equation C + I + G + NX?
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What is the formula to assess the debt burden on the economy?
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What is the primary force driving the long-term debt cycle?
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What happens when spending increases and prices fall in the short-term debt cycle?
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What is the main concern expressed by Germany regarding quantitative easing (QE) by the ECB?
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What is the potential consequence of interest rates being too low and the central bank resorting to printing money?
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What is the primary role of central banks in reducing debt during a deleveraging period?
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What is the potential outcome of a high debt burden on individuals or corporations?
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What is the primary concern associated with austerity measures during a deleveraging period?
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What is the potential outcome of a decrease in activity during a deleveraging period?
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What is the primary concern associated with central banks buying government bonds during a deleveraging period?
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What is the potential outcome of a beautiful deleveraging process?
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What is the primary concern associated with bank runs during a deleveraging period?
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What does the consumption function $C = C_0 + MPC imes (Y – T)$ represent?
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What is the formula for disposable income?
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How is the marginal propensity to consume (MPC) defined?
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What does investment (I) include?
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Which components are part of the national income identity in an open economy?
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How is inflation measured?
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What can cause inflation?
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How is the unemployment rate calculated?
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What are types of unemployment caused by different factors?
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What does fiscal policy involve?
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What is the natural rate of unemployment?
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What are the costs of unemployment?
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What is the formula for the money multiplier in the economy?
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What is the purpose of increasing reserve ratios in monetary policy?
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What is the measure used to assess the loan loss absorption capacity of a bank before depositors are affected?
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What does it indicate if a bank has high solvency and low liquidity?
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What does deposit insurance aim to protect depositors from?
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What is the term used to describe the profit made by the government from the difference between the value of money and its production costs?
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What does dollarization refer to in the context of a country's currency?
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In the foreign exchange market, what does the term 'OCT' stand for?
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What factors influence the equilibrium exchange rate of a currency?
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What does quantitative easing involve in monetary policy?
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What determines the value of a currency in a free market according to the text?
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Study Notes
Macroeconomic Concepts and Indicators
- Consumption function C = C0 + MPC X (Y – T)
- Disposable income = total income – total taxes Y – T
- Marginal propensity to consume (MPC) = increase in consumption caused by one-unit increase in disposable income
- Investment (I) includes business fixed investment, residential fixed investment, and inventory investment
- Government spending (G) and net exports (NX) are components of the national income identity in an open economy
- Inflation is a continuous rise in the price level and is measured with price indexes
- Inflation can be caused by supply and demand factors and can be "right" to keep a country competitive
- Unemployment rate is calculated as the number of unemployed individuals divided by the labor force
- Frictional, structural, and cyclical unemployment are types of unemployment caused by different factors
- Fiscal policy involves government decisions about public spending and revenue to stabilize the economy and eliminate output gaps
- The natural rate of unemployment is the average rate of unemployment around the economy
- Unemployment has high social and financial costs, including the opportunity cost of foregone output.
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Test your understanding of macroeconomic concepts and indicators with this quiz. Explore topics such as consumption function, disposable income, investment, inflation, unemployment rate, and fiscal policy. Evaluate your knowledge of these crucial economic principles.